Journal of Political Satire No. 2
About Journal of Political Satire No. 2
Four drawn posters. “What Hitler Wants” has a narrator, in verse, explain a grotesque Hitler. “Beat the Fascist Pirates” has the Soviet fleet smash fascist sharks. “Beat the Enemy at the Front and in the Rear” warns that spies can sit behind the lines. “A Firm Handshake” has a caricature Hitler mocking London and Moscow until a Soviet soldier and a British soldier choke him with a handshake. Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alexander Ivanov, Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg, and Olga Khodataeva directed.
Cast & crew
More about Journal of Political Satire No. 2
The same five wrote the script. Pyotr Nosov and Gennady Filippov were the designers. Russian Wikipedia dates the release 1 June 1941 and times the reel at 10 minutes. Another duration line on the page is 8 minutes 14 seconds. The Russian title is Zhurnal politsatiry No. 2.
Themes
Background
The release date on the Russian page is 1 June 1941. The fourth poster already draws a Soviet and a British soldier together against Hitler.
Making
Five directors split a ten-minute reel into four posters and shipped it with a 1 June 1941 date.
Preservation
Russian Wikipedia notes that the film is in the public domain because of its age.
Notes
- Kinoglaz lists the same four episode titles.
- The sharks are the pirates in the naval section.
- The last gag is the handshake that strangles the caricature.
- Animator.ru lists it as number 2928.
Scenes
- The verse section draws Hitler as a monster and lists what he wants.
- Soviet ships break the fascist sharks.
- Two soldiers’ handshake strangles the caricature.
