Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk
Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk is a 1942 short propaganda film by Charles A. Ridley of the UK Ministry of Information.[1] It consists of edited existing footage taken from Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will to make it appear as if they were dancing to the dance style "The Lambeth Walk".[1]
The film was distributed uncredited to newsreel companies.[1]
Alternative titles
[edit]The film has many alternative titles:
- Hoch der Lambeth Valk[2]
- Germany Calling[2]
- Hitler Assumes Command[2]
- Lambeth Walk[2]
- Hoch Der Lambeth Walk[2]
- Hoch der Lambeth Valk: A Laugh-Time Interlude[2]
- Lambeth Walk – Nazi Style[2]
- Hitler Doing the Lambeth Walk[2]
- Schichlegruber – Doing the Lambeth Walk[2]
- Gen. Adolf Takes Over[3]
- Panzer Ballet[4]
Background
[edit]"The Lambeth Walk" was becoming popular in Berlin.[1] In a speech that achieved attention in 1939, a speech about "revolution of private life" (one of the next big tasks of National Socialism in Germany), a member of the Nazi Party declared it "Jewish mischief and animalistic hopping".[1]
The name "Schichlegruber" derives from Adolf Hitler's father Alois Hitler, who was illegitimate and originally named Alois Schicklgruber after his mother, Maria Schicklgruber.
Reception
[edit]The film reportedly enraged Joseph Goebbels to the degree that he ran out of the screening room kicking chairs and screaming profanities.[1][clarification needed] Members of the Danish resistance would raid theatres and force the projectionists to show the film, among others.[5]
As a humorous mashup that satirizes its original footage, the film shares similarities to 21st-century remix culture, particularly that of the post-2006 YouTube poop.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Adam Green. "Lambeth Walk – Nazi Style (1942)",[dead link] Open Knowledge Foundation, 20 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Schichlegruber - Doing the Lambeth Walk (1941) Release Info", imdb.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ The short film Gen. Adolf Takes Over is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- ^ "Germany Calling [Main Title]". IWM Film. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ^ Barnouw, Erik (1993). Documentary: A History of the Non-fiction Film. Oxford University Press. pp. 149–151. ISBN 978-0-19-507898-5.
- ^ Coppa, Francesca (2022), "Introduction: Vidding and the Rise of Remix Culture", Vidding, A History, University of Michigan Press, pp. 1–22, doi:10.3998/mpub.10069132, ISBN 978-0-472-03852-7, JSTOR 10.3998/mpub.10069132, retrieved 2022-12-16
External links
[edit]- "Lambeth Walk - Nazi Style" on YouTube
- The short film Gen. Adolf Takes Over is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.