ENESPT
Why We Fight

Why We Fight (1942)★ 7.0/10

Not Rated · US · 52 min · May 13, 1942

  • Documentary
  • War

Directed by: Frank Capra, Anatole Litvak

Written by: Julius J. Epstein, Robert Heller, Willibald Hentschel, Adolf Hitler, Eric Knight

The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.

Directed by

Frank CapraAnatole Litvak

Written by

Julius J. EpsteinRobert HellerWillibald HentschelAdolf HitlerEric KnightAnthony Veiller

Cast & crew

Victor Bulwer-LyttonSelf (archiveFootage)Kai-Shek ChiangSelf (archiveFootage)Walter DarréSelf (archiveFootage)Otto DietrichSelf (archiveFootage)Hans FrankSelf (archiveFootage)Joseph GoebbelsSelf (archiveFootage)Hermann GöringSelf (archiveFootage)Rudolf HessSelf (archiveFootage)Adolf HitlerSelf (archiveFootage)Saburo KurusuSelf (archiveFootage)Robert LeySelf (archiveFootage)Yôsuke MatsuokaSelf (archiveFootage)Frank McCoySelf (archiveFootage)Benito MussoliniSelf (archiveFootage)PuyiSelf (archiveFootage)Fritz ReinhardtSelf (archiveFootage)Alfred RosenbergSelf (archiveFootage)Haile SelassieSelf (archiveFootage)Henry L. StimsonSelf (archiveFootage)Julius StreicherSelf (archiveFootage)Fritz TodtSelf (archiveFootage)Isoroku YamamotoSelf (archiveFootage)Robert J. AndersonBoy Donating Money for Japanese Children (uncredited)Pietro BadoglioSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage) (unconfirmed)Aristide BriandSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Galeazzo CianoSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Heinrich HimmlerSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)HirohitoSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Herbert HooverSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Walter HustonNarrator (uncredited) (voice)Frank B. KelloggSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Pierre LavalSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Erich LudendorffSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Max SchmelingGerman Paratrooper (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Mamoru ShigemitsuSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage) (unconfirmed)Paul von HindenburgSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)August von MackensenSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Joachim von RibbentropSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage)Wendell WillkieSelf (uncredited) (archiveFootage) (unconfirmed)