The Mad Dog of Europe
Directed by Rubika Shah
2026Documentary83 minFrance/ Germany
In 1932, a decade before Citizen Kane, Mankiewicz wrote a visionary screenplay warning of Hitler that was never made; its story still resonates today.
Synopsis
In 1932, Mankiewicz, who would become famous 10 years later for his screenplay for Citizen Kane, wrote The Mad Dog of Europe: a visionary script denouncing the Hitlerian threat. The story of this never-produced film seems to resonate with the increasingly threatening fractures of our time.
The director
Rubika Shah
Rubika Shah is a British director whose White Riot (2019), about the Rock Against Racism movement, won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival. It also received a special mention for the Berlinale Documentary Award.
