Blood and Honor - Youth under Hitler

Movie
Original title	Blood and Honor - Youth under Hitler
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1982
length	113 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Bernd Fischerauer
script	Helmut Kissel Robert Muller
production	Horst Cramer Werner O. Feißt Jörn Schröder Daniel Wilson
music	Ernst Brandner
camera	Johannes Hollmann Fritz Otto Stachorowski
cut	Bernd Lorbiecki Jessica Bendiner Kenneth Wagner
occupation
Marlies Engel : Susanne Keller Rolf Becker : Ernst Keller Gila von Weitershausen : Ruth Mönkmann Karlheinz Lemken : Erwin Mönkmann Leslie Malton : Renate Keller Elisabeth Endriss : Mrs. Kuhn Siegfried W. Kernen : Mr. Kuhn Gunther Malzacher : Rudolf Gruber Jeffrey Frank : Hartmut Keller Ulrich von Dobschütz : Jungbannführer Fischer Franz Rudnick : Dr. Bodenheim Bernd Fischerauer : Dr. Zeissler Matt Bader : Theo Gruber Jakob Fruchtmann : Franz Kuhn John Jeffries : Robert Schienz Armin Lubberger : Fritz Krauss Annegret Schmidt : Hella Mönkmann Jochen Schmidt : Linus Reger Knut Wettke : Fähnleinführer Gedeon Burkhard : Hartmut Keller (as a child) Steven Rübling : Hans Mönkmann Sven-Eric Bechtolf : Günther Mönkmann Aljoscha Walser : Friewi Kröbel Andrea Wiegner : Elke Kröbe

Blood and Honor - Youth under Hitler from 1982 is a German TV mini-series that was created as a co-production between SWF ( Südwestfunk ) and Taurus Film, Munich.

The script comes from Helmut Kissel and is based in part on his own experience as a member of the Hitler Youth . Robert Muller worked on the script. Helmut Kissel acted as director of the project, but was replaced by Bernd Fischerauer after a few weeks . The shooting took place in August 1980 in Baden-Baden and then ended between January and March 1981. Each scene was shot in both German and English, resulting in the two versions of the film. Post-production of the German version was completed in spring 1982. The premiere on West German television was in July 1982 and reached a 50% audience share. The American version premiered in November 1982 on various independent television stations in the United States (KBHK-44, WPIX-TV, etc.). Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler also received a Peabody Award in 1982 and has been shown in seven countries including the Netherlands , Great Britain , Austria and Israel .

The series was followed by a discussion on Youth under Hitler - Was it really like that? sent.

criticism

"A television film of contemporary history that carefully and vividly tries to portray the methods and effects of National Socialist youth education at the time."

- Lexicon of international film

literature

• Booklet on Blood and Honor - Youth under Hitler (Big Stories 45) DVD, ARD Video 2011

Web links

• Blood and Honor - Youth under Hitler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• fernsehserien.de - Article about the series
• bamby.de - Article about the series

Individual evidence

1. ↑ End credits German version
2. ↑ John J. O'Connor (November 29, 1982). "TV: A Drama about Hitler Youth". New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
3. ^ "Producer tries hand at feature film". The News and Courier. February 17, 1989. Retrieved January 29, 2011
4. ^ "The Peabody Awards 1982 - Award Winner 1982 Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler" 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016
5. ↑ Blood and Honor - Youth under Hitler. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .