"Plot to Revive Hitler" movies -- earliest?

[Benzadmiral]

As some of you know, I'm a big "Man from U.N.C.L.E." fan. Now that the DVDs are out, our Yahoo! group is having a grand time dissecting the episodes.

In an early B & W episode, a former Nazi scientist is revealed as having Adolf's body preserved in a cold sleep tank (though the name is never mentioned, it's pretty clear who it has to be) -- in his basement, yet. Now I know this is pretty old-hat to us now. My question: What was the earliest use of the Der Fuehrer Is Not Dead/Has Been Preserved plot in movies or on TV?

I suspect U.N.C.L.E.'s use of the idea (1964) might have been the first ever on series TV. Anybody know?

 

[Benzadmiral]

Okay, then, -- just list your favorite "Plot to Revive Hitler" films, and we'll shake our heads and enjoy ourselves.

 

[mechtech2]

So he really IS dead?

 

[BarkerMan]

There is no smoking gun. Hitler's true fate makes a good movie plot.

 

[Schmoe]

I saw Elvis yesterday eating a fried peanut butter/banana sam-mich.

 

[handyman]

"They Saved Hitler's Brain" 1953. Really a bad movie. Black and white.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Originally Posted By: handyman
"They Saved Hitler's Brain" 1953. Really a bad movie. Black and white.


Eeg. I think I might have seen part of this one (along with parts of "Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS"!) at some time in my misspent youth.

The IMDb has it as released under another name in 1963, so the U.N.C.L.E. scriptwriter might have seen it for sure.