June 5th
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | June 5th |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1942 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK none |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fritz Kirchhoff |
| script | Walter Ulbrich |
| production | Walter Ulbrich |
| music | Georg Haentzschel |
| camera | Walter Pindter |
| cut | Walter Wischniewsky |
| occupation | |
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June 5th (alternative title One Among Millions ) is a German propaganda fictional film by Fritz Kirchhoff that was shot in 1941/1942 . It tells the story of an infantry unit during the German attack on France in 1940 . Carl Raddatz plays the prudent Sergeant Richard Schulz, who takes on Corporal Eickhoff, played by Joachim Brennecke , son of his fatally wounded comrade, after his death. Gisela Uhlen embodies Luise Reiniger, Eickhoff's friend.
The film was banned as early as 1942 by order of Goebbels for unclear reasons .
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 staff sergeant in the First World War Eickhoff registers for the military in 1939. His son, Private Eickhoff, is full of enthusiasm for the war. For him, the war seems to be a thrill and adventure. This leads to a conflict with his girlfriend, who doesn't share his enthusiasm. Father and son are transferred to the western front. Here Eickhoff senior is fatally wounded. As he dies, he asks his friend, Sergeant Schulz, to make a good soldier out of his son. However, Eickhoff junior and Schulz have little in common. Only over time does Eickhoff learn to appreciate Schulze's experience. In the end, they become friends.
Production notes
The shooting for June 5 took place from September 19, 1941 to July 1942 in Alsace ( Mülhausen , Volkenberg, Obermüsbach ), Brittany (Remas), the Mark Brandenburg (Döberitz), and in Saxony ( Plauen ). Ufa-Filmkunst GmbH , Berlin (production group Walter Ulbrich) acted as the production company . The production line was incumbent Hans-Ulrich Herbert and later by Walter Ulbrich taken. The buildings are by Erich Kettelhut (management), Herbert Nitzschke and Wilhelm Vorwerg . Production costs rose excessively due to constant changes - often at the request of the military.
criticism
The release of the film was initially postponed by a few months. In November 1942 it was banned by the film testing agency "because of the changed war situation" . It is predominantly assumed that this should avoid a disruption in relation to the Vichy government .
After the end of the Second World War , all copies of the film were confiscated by the high command of the victorious Allied powers and the performance was banned. Today the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation claims the evaluation rights. The film is classified as a reserve film . Since then, its public performance has only been possible to a limited extent.
literature
- Felix Moeller: The film minister - Goebbels and film in the Third Reich . Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89487-298-5 .
See also
- List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era
- List of films forbidden under National Socialism
Web links
- June 5th in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- June 5th at filmportal.de
- June 5th at Murnau Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Richard A. Eltin: Art, Culture, and Media Under the Third Reich, University of Chicago Press, 2002, p. 177
- ↑ June 5th credits at filmportal.de
- ^ Klaus Kreimeier: The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945, University of California Press 1999, p. 347
- ^ Felix Moeller: The film minister - Goebbels and the film in the Third Reich, Henschel Verlag 1998, p. 325