08/15 Second part

Movie
Original title	08/15 Second part
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1955
length	110 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Paul May
script	Ernst von Salomon
production	Ilse Kubaschewski Walter Traut
music	Rolf A. Wilhelm
camera	Georg Krause
cut	Walter Boos
occupation
OE Hasse : Lieutenant Colonel von Plönnies Rolf Kutschera : Captain Witterer Emmerich Schrenk : First Lieutenant Fritz Schulz Rainer Penkert : First Lieutenant Wedelmann Joachim Fuchsberger : Sergeant Herbert Asch Hans Christian Blech : Sergeant Platzek Paul Bösiger : Sergeant Johannes ("Hannes") Vierbein Peter Carsten : Corporal Kowalski Walter Klock : Father Asch Gundula Korte : Ingrid Asch Ellen Schwiers : Natascha Helen Vita : Lore Schulz Gitta Lind : Charlotte Erica Beer : Viola Ulla Melchinger : Lisa Otto Bolesch : NCO of the defense Armin Dahlen : Infantry Major Mario Adorf : Private Wagner Hans Elwenspoek : Wachtmeister true to the work Kalle Kirjavainen : Major in the field police Klaus Pohl : Tiny Eva-Ingeborg Scholz : Elisabeth Asch Manfred Schuster : Sergeant Krause Erro Wacker : Adjutant Dschama Maglinoff : Russian child Robert Fackler Auguste Kiesel Werner König Walther Süssenguth
chronology
←  Predecessor 08/15 Successor  → 08/15 at home

08/15 Second part is a German feature film from 1955. It is the second part of the three-part film series 08/15 , which is based on Hans Hellmut Kirst's novel 08/15 .

action

The run-of-the-mill police operations continue on the Eastern Front: Lieutenant Wedelmann, the extremely successful and popular boss of the artillery battery, in which Asch, Vierbein and Kowalski are also deployed, is replaced by Captain Witterer, who has been on the home front until now was. On the one hand, he wants to make himself as comfortable as possible, on the other hand, he wants to finally get a medal.

The four-legged officer, who has meanwhile been promoted to sergeant, is still a meek and dreamy young man, but as a tank fighter awarded the Iron Cross 1st class , he has now earned the respect of his superiors. He is sent home by Lieutenant Colonel von Plönnies with the special order to bring the new radio equipment to the front that had been requested months ago. First Lieutenant Schulz (who was denied a frontline deployment until the end) is initially happy to see Vierbein again. However, when he found out about his award, he became jealous and tried to put obstacles in the way of four-legged friends; With the help of Lieutenant Colonel von Plönnies, who disciplines Schulz, Vierbein can still fulfill his assignment. However, on his farewell visit to Lore Schulz, who is deeply connected to him, he has to realize to his chagrin that he has forgotten how to play the piano through the constant handling of weapons.

Back at the front, Vierbein became the shocking victim of the fanatical and ruthless Witterer, who got away unharmed: During a completely senseless anti-tank operation, he desperately took refuge in a cover hole, over which a Soviet tank rotated on its own axis, leaving Vierbein alive buried. Asch and Kowalski find a love letter with pacifist statements from their dead boyfriend, addressed to Asch's sister Ingrid, with whom four-legged friend was involved. Asch finally reads it out while the melody of the song The Good Comrade plays in the background .

production

The film was directed by the production company KG Divina GmbH & Co. produced. The company belonged to Ilse Kubaschewski , who was also the owner of the first distributor Gloria-Film GmbH & Co. Filmverleih KG . The outdoor shots were taken in the vicinity of Jämijärvi in Finland, the studio shots in the Divina-Studio Baldham .

The world premiere took place on August 12, 1955 in several cities, including Hamburg, Dortmund and Duisburg.

Reviews

• “Even more ordinary than the first part and more interested in laughter in the parquet than in the critical illumination of country morality. The serious conclusion is not a sufficient counterbalance. ”- 6000 films. Critical notes from the cinema years 1945 to 1958. Handbook V of the Catholic film criticism, 3rd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf 1963, p. 324.
• "The Second World War as fun entertainment - film continuation based on the trivial novel by Kirst." (Rating: 2 stars = average) - Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in the lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 615.
• "[...] even more vulgar than the first part and - despite the put on 'serious' ending - completely useless as a confrontation with the morality of the country." - Lexicon of international film

literature

• Knut Hickethier : 08/15, 08/15 - 2nd part, 08/15 at home . In: Film Genres. War Movie. Edited by Thomas Klein, Marcus Stiglegger and Bodo Traber. Stuttgart: Reclam 2006, pp. 101-106 [with references]. ISBN 978-3-15-018411-0 .

Web links

• 08/15 Second part in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• 08/15 Second part at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 542
2. ↑ 08/15 Second part. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .