Blitz Wolf
Blitz Wolf is a 1942 American animated propaganda short film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A parody of the Three Little Pigs told via a World War II perspective, the short was directed by Tex Avery (in his first cartoon for MGM) and produced by Fred Quimby. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons but lost to Der Fuehrer's Face, another anti-Nazi World War II parody featuring Donald Duck.
Plot
The plot is a parody of the Three Little Pigs, told from a Second World War anti-German propaganda perspective. In this cartoon, the danger is from Adolf Wolf (Adolf Hitler), who is set on invading the pig's nation of Pigmania. The pig who built his house of stone, "Sergeant Pork" (an homage to Sergeant York), take his precautions and outfits his house with defense machinery, but the two pigs who built their houses of straw and sticks claim they don't have to take precautions against the wolf because they signed a non-aggression pact with him.
More details
author | Rich Hogan |
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director | Tex Avery |
events | World War II |
genre | animation comedy |
keywords | adolf hitler al pearce anti-german propaganda artie auerbach catchphrase defense bonds end follow hell radio show second world war secret weapon sergeant york three little pigs war bond world war |
musicBy | Scott Bradley |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film |
producer | Fred Quimby |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
theme | animated animated short cartoon parody short |