Plan for Destruction is a 1943 American short propaganda film directed by Edward Cahn. It looks at the Geopolitik ideas of the ex-World War I professor, General Karl Haushofer, who is portrayed as the head of a huge organization for gathering information of strategic value and the mastermind behind Adolf Hitler's wars and plans to enslave the world. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Top Cast
Lewis Stone as Commentator
Frank Reicher as Karl Ernst Haushofer
George Lynn as Rudolf Hess
Frederick Giermann as Nazi Radio Announcer
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