Ashes of victory

Movie
Original title	Ashes of victory
Country of production	Federal Republic of Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1969
length	120 minutes
Rod
Director	Dietrich Haugk
script	Dietrich Haugk
production	Bavaria Atelier GmbH for the WDR
music	Erich Ferstl
camera	Jan Kalis
occupation
Wolfgang Reichmann : Luis de Santisteban Klausjürgen Wussow : Juan de Santisteban Lina Carstens : Trinidad, the housekeeper Ida Krottendorf : Maria Barea Jochen Blume : Colonel Fuentes Wolfgang Schwarz : Colonel Valverde Klaus Höhne : Major Campus Christoph Bantzer : Lieutenant Robias Michael Toost : Claudio Herrera Fritz Bachschmidt : Captain Hernandez Christine Wodetzky : Luisa Isolde Bräuner : Asunta Brigitte Antonius : Aurelia Walter Uttendörfer : General Valera Herbert Steinmetz : French border officer

Asche des Sieges is a German film drama shot for television in black and white from 1969 by Dietrich Haugk , who also wrote the screenplay. It is based on the novel of the same name by the French writer Georges Conchon from 1961. Wolfgang Reichmann , Klausjürgen Wussow , Lina Carstens and Ida Krottendorf can be seen in the main roles . The work had its world premiere on February 25, 1969 in the ARD program .

action

Madrid in the summer of 1939. The Spanish civil war is over. Generalissimo Francisco Franco defeated the Republican associations with his army. Both sides, the fascist and the red, have fought their test of strength. But the regime that the allies were supposed to survive is not resting. The opponents face constant persecution. Juan, who had fought on the Republican side, returns home to find his brother Luis, who lives in the family home with the 70-year-old housekeeper Trinidad. Luis was a colonel on Franco's side and now holds a high office in a Madrid ministry. First he wants to show his brother the door because he doesn't want him in the house; because the two brothers, sons of an old aristocratic family in the country, face each other as former political opponents who they are still today due to their different views. The situation in the house is almost unbearable when the two of them live with the housekeeper. Finally, Luis even takes his brother to the Spanish-French border. Juan is now threatened with imprisonment because France and Great Britain have meanwhile declared war on Germany and Spain is on the other side. In human terms, the two enemy brothers have almost come closer again. When saying goodbye, Juan calls out to his brother: "I love you - fascist!", And Luis calls back: "I love you too - damn red!"

Reviews

The evangelical film observer draws the following conclusion: “A material worth discussing, which is also above average in terms of design. The questionable nature of the ideological engagement is clearly stated. "

Web links

• Ashes of Victory in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ashes of victory at filmportal.de
• Description of the film at deutsches-filmhaus.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 104/1969, p. 102.