The pictures of the witness Schattmann
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The pictures of the witness Schattmann |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 329 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kurt Jung-Alsen |
| script | Kurt Jung-Alsen Rudolf Böhm (scenario) Peter Edel (collaboration) Rudolf Hoffmann (dramaturgy) |
| production | DEFA for television in the GDR |
| music | Helmut Nier |
| camera | Günter Eisinger |
| cut | Lotti Mehnert |
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The Pictures of the Witness Schattmann is a four-part television series by Kurt Jung-Alsen from 1972. It is based on the novel of the same name by Peter Edel .
action
1964: Frank Schattmann is to testify before the Supreme Court of the GDR in the trial against Hans Globke , the commentator on the Nuremberg Laws . In a process that was painful for him, Frank remembers the time of Nazi Germany and, after almost 20 years, finds himself.
1943: The Schattmann family (Erich, his wife Grete, Frank, their son, Esther, Frank's wife) meet up with their friends on Fridays as always. a. with Bernhard Marcus, a medical adviser, Fritz, his son, Julius Flatau, an antique dealer, Jakob Dankowitz, a pianist, Leon Schapiro and Arnold Gerson. This time Marcus has to say goodbye, his deportation is imminent. Frank and Esther are becoming more and more convinced that waiting is of no use. They join the active resistance of a communist group, which also includes Helmut Wall, Harry Kornbund and the Russian Bolkowski. They sabotage the work in their armaments factory, distribute leaflets and listen to the " enemy radio station ". But the deportations continue: Schapiro, Gerson, Dankowitz ... When Erich met the same fate, his wife Grete did not survive. Esther has also disappeared. Before Frank can escape, he is arrested, as are Helmut, Harry and Bolkowski. Frank is sent to Auschwitz. Here he sees Esther for the last time. His fellow inmates encourage him to paint and smuggle his pictures outside.
After the war, Frank tries in vain to find his friends again. Only Helmut survived, as did Martin, his friend from school, who believed the Nazi slogans and turned away from them. Jakob Dankowitz, now based in London, tries to come to terms with the past by making a trip to Munich, where he meets one of the Gestapo torturers who is back in office and dignity. Before Frank gives his testimony to the Supreme Court, he drives to Auschwitz with his girlfriend Andrea Wohlfahrt and encounters his past again.
production
The pictures of the witness Schattmann are made up of four individual films: 1. Friday evening , 2. The decision , 3. The return and 4. The summons . The four-part series had its television premiere in the GDR on May 23, 1972 on DFF 1 . The other parts ran on May 25, 28 and 30, 1972 on television.
criticism
For the film-dienst , Die Bilder des Zeugen Schattmann was a "four-part television film that deals with the Holocaust in an emotionally haunting way."
Web links
- The pictures of the witness Schattmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The pictures of the witness Schattmann at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ The pictures of the witness Schattmann. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .