Blitz Wolf
Blitz Wolf
| 22 August 1942 (USA)
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Yet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.

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Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Edgar Allan Pooh " . . . we'll skin that skunk across the pond," this brief MGM World War Two cartoon, BLITZ WOLF, promises. MGM, of course, is a movie studio that was on the Wrong Side of History throughout the 1900s. Chief among MGM's sins was that mendacious live-action yawner, GONE WITH THE WIND, brazenly referenced here in BLITZ WOLF. The fact that GWTW glorified the American South's Institution of Race-Based Human Slavery, from which ALL of the U.S. Red States' current assets derive, and vilified the 250,000 Blue Staters who died to free the Blacks shows how Evil MGM actually was. Current Historians equate the Genocidal Blacksploitation on the part of Dixie's crass and lazy Whites with the crimes of BLITZ WOLF's villain, Adolf Hitler. The main difference between the outrages of Ted Cruz's Texas Values and Hitler's Anti-Semitism is that the latter barely lasted a decade, while Slavery persisted for many Centuries. Plus a much higher percentage of True Blue Americans were slaughtered putting down Texas and its ilk compared to the Yankee lives lost during WWII. BLITZ WOLF, therefore, is a case of opportunistic hypocrisy, summed up as "too little, too late."
MartinHafer This MGM cartoon isn't shown today--and much of it is because the film was very timely during WWII but the significance of many of the references would simply be lost on today's audience. The other reason is that many people just don't care about history or have no desire to learn from it. And this is a real shame, as this movie would be a wonderful and simple way to explain the steps leading to WWII to kids. I am a history teacher and I plan on using it.In this re-telling of The Three Little Pigs, the setting is just before WWII. The wolf represents Hitler and the Three Pigs represent the nations of Europe and/or the USA. Two of the three pigs take no efforts to protect themselves from the wolf--having signed non-aggression pacts with the wolf in which he guarantees not to harm them. The third doesn't trust the wolf and not only builds a brick house, but arms himself with a massive arsenal! And, naturally, the wolf easily destroys the two pigs' homes and is only stopped thanks to the third pig.The cartoon is well-written, funny in places and easy watching. In other words, it's very watchable and tells an excellent message--one that might just be applicable to today as well.PS--It's hard to find this cartoon today. I saw it on youtube.com by typing "banned cartoons" and then watching it. There is nothing objectionable about the toon. Perhaps it was shelved because people objected to the images of a Hitler-like wolf!! People this overly sensitive are doomed to a fate much like the first two piggies! People you study your history to learn not to make the same mistakes again and again.
rbverhoef 'Blitz Wolf' is a terrific animated short made by Tex Avery. It is an anti-Nazi and anti-Hitler adaptation from 'Three Little Pigs'. The wolf, who walks like the Nazis and talks German, comes to the houses of the three pigs. The first two pigs lose their home but the third has made his house into a bunker with all kind of weapons. Together the three pigs fight the wolf.This is a great little movie with some beautiful gags. The short itself gives some comments on the jokes, which makes it even funnier. Although it is pretty aggressive and therefore not really suitable for children, this Oscar-nominated cartoon is one of the better ones I have seen.
Robert Reynolds Had it not been for Disney's Der Fuehrer's Face, this probably would have won the Oscar. As Disney does not show the cartoon, probably because of unflinching content (I wish they'd release it on video. Cartoons aren't just for kids!), I've only seen bits and pieces. But, happily, Blitz Wolf is available and it's great! Tex Avery happily rips Adolf up one side and down the other in an exceptionally good cartoon-even for the master! It's The Three Little Pigs meet Fascism. The villain outdoes the most evil villains in melodrama! Some of the jokes are dated and withot some knowledge of the 1940s, some of them will get by you, but this is an exceptional piece of animation as well as a marvelous example of propaganda in wartime. It's aged remarkably well and Tex Avery had every right to be proud. Most highly Recommended!
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