Screenplay:
Julius J. EpsteinCinematography:
Arthur L. ToddComposer:
William LavaCast:
Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, Alfred Jodl, Julius Streicher, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Philippe Pétain, Erich Raeder, Franklin D. Roosevelt (more)Plots(1)
Divide and Conquer is an episode from the Why We Fight-series, that was produced by the American war-department and supervised by lieutenant-colonel Frank Capra. The intention of the department was to inform prospective soldiers about and motivate them for the war that was going on. It mattered greatly that they were familiar with the world history in the period between 1918 and 1941. The Treaty of Versailles, the growing Japanese aggression in the East, the increasing threat by Hitler in Europe, and especially the changing American foreign policy in those years were presented to them. The understanding that the United States policy of isolationism belonged to the past, and that the inevitable American military action offered a solution to the problems had to be imposed upon them quickly. Only newsreels and other existing documentary film material has been used to convince them of the good cause. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(more)Cast
Alfred Rosenberg
Russian Empire
Hans Frank
German Empire
Best movies:
The Case of Colonel Redl (1931)
Joseph Goebbels
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
Taking Sides (2001) - a.f.
Rudolf Hess
Egypt
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Sunshine (1999) - a.f.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) - a.f.
Adolf Hitler
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Alfred Jodl
German Empire
Best movies:
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
Verboten! (1959) - a.f.
Julius Streicher
German Empire
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) - a.f.
Verboten! (1959) - a.f.
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German Empire
Best movies:
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) - a.f.
Verboten! (1959) - a.f.
Philippe Pétain
France
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) - a.f.
Erich Raeder
German Empire
Best movies:
Verboten! (1959) - a.f.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939) - a.f.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
Contact (1997) - a.f.
Winston Churchill
UK
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) - a.f.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
William Hopper
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Midnight (1939)
Fred Kelsey
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Love Is News (1937)
Martin Kosleck
German Empire
Best movies:
Morituri (1965)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
36 Hours (1965)
Syd Saylor
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Theodor Morell (a.f.)
German Empire
Belle Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Henry Victor
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Freaks (1932)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Hank Mann
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)