German WWII movies

5RANGLIAN · Post by **5RANGLIAN** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:21 am

Can anyone point me in the direction of some German WWII movies. I like the British ones like 'Went the day well?' and 'The Way Ahead', the ones that show what the people who were living at the time thought, or more likely were suppised to think.

Dragunov · Post by **Dragunov** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:31 pm

ummmm.... like 'Der Untergang'?

BergführerKiser · Post by **BergführerKiser** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:16 pm

Here you go:

http://www.ihffilm.com/german-features- ... aries.html

http://ihffilm.com/ww2---german-side.html

Enjoy!

5RANGLIAN · Post by **5RANGLIAN** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:19 am

Dragunov wrote:ummmm.... like 'Der Untergang'?

No, I mean movies that were made during the war, rather than after it.

Hans Knospler · Post by **Hans Knospler** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:58 am

Well..the original Stalingrad (Not the 1997)

But I think that was made immiatly postwar...

Bill Medland · Post by **Bill Medland** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:02 pm

5RANGLIAN wrote:
Dragunov wrote:ummmm.... like 'Der Untergang'?
No, I mean movies that were made during the war, rather than after it.

My favorite one has to be "Kolberg" Set in 1813, made in colour and
released in January 1945. A copy was sent to surrounded troops fighting
on the French Atlantic coast, it was sent in by U-Boat, to build up the
defenders morale.

Cheers, Bill.

phylo_roadking · Post by **phylo_roadking** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:25 pm

Bill, do have a copy of Kolberg on DVD that you could copy? I';ve been trying to get it for years.

When at uni we had a showing of a VERY rare copy of "The Fox of Glenarvon" one of the two films made for propaganda of Britain's "occupation" of Ireland, complete with stereotypical Imperialist exploitation of non-irish accented Irishmen and women

God it was AWFUL!!!

Bill Medland · Post by **Bill Medland** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:25 am

Bill, do have a copy of Kolberg on DVD that you could copy? I';ve been trying to get it for years.

Sorry, I do not have a personal copy, I saw it on German TV twice, last year and a few
years ago. I am looking for it on DVD, it does exist as DVD, but I have
not found the source as yet.

Cheers, Bill.

5RANGLIAN · Post by **5RANGLIAN** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:13 am

There does seem to be a theme of German films set in other periods, expecting the viewer to make the link, rather than just showing things directly.

Maybe the Germans were more subtle than the Brits

karltrowitz · Post by **karltrowitz** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:49 am

I've been looking for a copy of "Kampfgeschwader Lutzow" for ages. It tells the story of a Heinkel III unit in Poland 1939.

Bill Medland · Post by **Bill Medland** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:24 am

karltrowitz wrote:I've been looking for a copy of "Kampfgeschwader Lutzow" for ages. It tells the story of a Heinkel III unit in Poland 1939.

That is a great film, I like the bit when the new squadron commander
joins the unit and addresses the squadron on parade.
The cossack choir is very good too. What about the bit where the
Heinkel lands in Poland and the crew give food and supplies to the
German minority group living in Poland, and take off again before
Polish troops arrive at the landing point!

Cheers, Bill.

Bill Medland · Post by **Bill Medland** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:25 am

karltrowitz wrote:I've been looking for a copy of "Kampfgeschwader Lutzow" for ages. It tells the story of a Heinkel III unit in Poland 1939.

That is a great film, I like the bit when the new squadron commander
joins the unit and addresses the squadron on parade.
The cossack choir is very good too. What about the bit where the
Heinkel lands in Poland and the crew give food and supplies to the
German minority group living in Poland, and take off again before
Polish troops arrive at the landing point!

Cheers, Bill.

Knox · Post by **Knox** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:34 pm

Here is a online database from the Erich-Maria-Remarque-Friedenszentrum, in english and german language.

Link: http://www.krieg-film.de/englisch/index.php

Knox

Bill Medland · Post by **Bill Medland** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:09 pm

@ Karltrowitz,

I have a copy of "Filmkurier" which shows Kampfgeschwader Lützow.
(I have the film on DVD, but can´t find it at the moment, I may have lent
it to someone).

Marc Binazzi · Post by **Marc Binazzi** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:18 am

Bill Medland wrote: A copy was sent to surrounded troops fighting
on the French Atlantic coast, it was sent in by U-Boat, to build up the
defenders morale.

By U-Boot I do not know for sure, but the garrison of La Rochelle received a copy by plane (owing to KG 40) as they still had the Laleu airstrip nearby.