They Saved Hitler's Brain story
World War II is over, and Nazi officials remove Adolf Hitler's living head and hide it in the fictional South American country of Mandoras, so that they can resurrect the Third Reich for the future. Fast forwarding into the 1960s, the surviving officials kidnap a scientist in an attempt to keep Hitler alive. Various intelligence agencies, aware of the evil plot, recruit secret agents to bust the Nazi officials.
12 total · 7 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a loved one being in peril | major | Kathy's father Prof. Coleman was kidnapped by Nazis. |
| disembodied head | major | Hitler's head had been kept alive in a jar. |
| father and daughter | major | Kathy and Suzanne were searching for their father Prof. Coleman who had been kidnapped by Nazis. |
| husband and wife | major | Phil and Kathy Day. |
| romantic love | major | Phil and Kathy were a loving married couple. Suzanne and Camino fell for each other and married at the film's conclusion. |
| the lust for power | major | Hitler's head in a jar and his contingent of Nazi officers were plotting to conquer the world. |
| the Nazi stereotype | major | Hitler's head in a jar and his contingent of Nazi officers were plotting to conquer the world. |
| chemical weapons | minor | Prof. Coleman invented an antidote for a new and dangerous "G gas" weapon. |
| father-in-law and son-in-law | minor | Phil Day traveled to South American country of Mandoras in an effort to rescue his father-in-law Prof. Coleman from Nazis. |
| flying saucer theory of UFOs | minor | This theory came up in a conversation between Toni and her associate. |