D III 88
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | D III 88 |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1939 |
| length | approx. 109 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK none |
| Rod | |
| Director | Herbert Maisch |
| script |
Hans Bertram , Wolf Neumeister |
| production | Tobi's cinematic art |
| music | Robert Küssel |
| camera |
Georg Krause , Heinz von Jaworsky |
| cut | Carl Otto Bartning |
| occupation | |
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D III 88 is a National Socialist war and propaganda film . It was created in 1939 under the direction of Herbert Maisch .
Today it is a reserved film from the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation . It is part of the foundation's portfolio, has not been released for distribution and may only be shown with the consent and under the conditions of the foundation.
action
The popular head foreman Bonicke has to quit his beloved service at the air base after an injury.
After a dispute between the two corporal Fritz and Robert, Fritz persuades his comrade Robert to undertake a dangerous flight maneuver, which leads to an emergency landing, whereupon the superior Mithoff imposes a flight ban on the two. However, Bonicke ensures that the two are allowed to fly again. Fritz and Robert have another emergency landing over the North Sea. Bonicke sets off in his old machine, a Fokker Dr.I with the registration number D III 88 , in search of the two and manages to guide a ship to the scene of the accident, but he dies.
The film Kampfgeschwader Lützow from 1941, partly with the same actors, is considered a continuation of the theme.
Production and reception
The film was produced and distributed by Tobis Filmkunst . The German premiere took place on October 26, 1939 in Stralsund.
During the National Socialist era , the film testing agency awarded the film the title of "particularly valuable in terms of state policy". After the end of the Second World War, it was classified as a reserved film because of the war propaganda it contained . Since then, its public performance has only been possible to a limited extent. Today the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation claims the evaluation rights.
criticism
The film glorifies the “spirit of the front-line aviators” of World War I, which is hammered into the soldiers of the new Air Force . The senior speaker explains: “In service there is only the commitment of the whole person. Smooth cooperation, unconditional dedication. ”The perspective of the soldiers at the front of the First World War is also used against the November Revolution , typical of the National Socialist film, and spreads the stab in the back legend .
The film program wrote: “The spirit of the front in 1918 goes through this film not only in combative memories, but also in real, lovable characters. They build a living bridge from the spirit of 1918 to the spirit of the front that has returned today. And therein lies the deepest meaning of this film by the German Air Force ”.
See also
Web links
- D III 88 ( memento from December 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at deutscher-tonfilm.de
- D III 88 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- D III 88 at filmportal.de
- D III 88 in the online film database
- D III 88 at murnau-stiftung.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Leiser : "Germany, awake!" Propaganda in the film of the Third Reich . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1968, p. 28.
- ↑ Leiser 1968, p. 45.
- ↑ Illustrierter Film-Kurier - No. 2982, program booklet for D III 88 , ed. from the United Publishing Companies Franke & Co., Berlin 1939, p. 7