Donald Duck in 'Der Fueherer's Face'

1. How are the Germans (and Japanese) portrayed in the opening sequence? How is irony created?         They where fat or deformed in some way even though they believed that they are better than everyone else. The entire song they where singing made it seem like they where superior but really they weren't.
2. How is propaganda and the effect of propaganda portrayed with the introduction of Donald Duck?               The Germans are the master race and the Nazi sign is everywhere and even the clock does the master salute.
3. How is irony continued into the breakfast scene?                                                                                 The people even though part of the 'master race' they are treated like the Jews at the concentration camp
4. How is Naxi Germany portrayed in the opening shot at 3:30?                                                                  Geometric, and red to symbolize evil.
5. What is ironic about the song lyrics regarding work and what is happening in the scene?                          They say they'll never be slaves and Donald duck is being treated like a slave.
6. What does the conveyor belt portray regarding the lifestyle of Germans?                                                Mechanical, full of work and all that they are really there for is to help the Nazi's win the war.
7. Why do you think that there aren't actually any people that force Donald to work? We only see the ends of bayonets and a speaker.                                                                                                                       If you don't see there faces they don't draw attention to them and they seem above Donald. It also makes it seem like it's the entire race instead of a few people.
8. What is ironic about the vacation?                                                                                                         It wasn't even a vacation. Throughout it he was forced to work and exercise to exaustion.
9. In the dream sequence, how are the Germans portrayed? Why?                                                              The Germans are displayed as bullets or really weapons, because the Germans are actually just weapons to Hitler, waiting to be used.
10. What do the pyjamas when we see Donald in his bed tell us?                                                                  It shows that he is an American citizen because they are stereotypical American pyjamas.
11. What is the Statue of Liberty used to convey?                                                                                       The Statue of liberty also conveys that he is American but being the statue of liberty it shows that he should be free.
12. How is Hilter portrayed at the end of the film? What is it about his face that is important?                          Hitler is only seen by his face, It is important because it shows that even his face would be worshipped, such as at the beginning when Donald says "hail hitler' every time a picture of his face showed up on the conveyor belt.
13. Why is this a representation of propaganda? Why is it actually ironic considering the way the Nazi's are portrayed?                                                                                                                                         He is the face of the Nazi's, when we think of Nazi's we see him and the Nazi's themselves are really a force hiding behind him.
14. Who are the villains, victims, and heroes?                                                                                                Villains are Nazi's/Hitler, the victim is Donald duck and you could almost say that the hero was the realisation that the whole experience was just a dream, even though it is not a physical entity.
15. How are the portrayed?                                                                                                                         The Nazi's are portrayed as fat disfigured people and Donald is depicted as a hard working citizen.
16. What can you conclude about how these characters are portrayed knowing that this was produced in 1943 USA? (write a short essay including a discussion of the director's use of film techniques.)                          It is used to say 'Hey, look at how much better we are then these Nazi's, their own people hate them. Help us win the war!'