Three NCOs

Movie
Original title	Three NCOs
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1939
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK none
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Director	Werner Hochbaum
script	Jacob Geis Fred Hildenbrandt
production	Jacob Geis Fred Hildenbrandt ( Universum-Film AG Berlin )
music	Hansom Milde-Meissner
camera	Werner Krien
cut	Else Baum
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Albert Hehn : Sergeant Rauscher Fritz Genschow : Sergeant Kohlhammer Wilhelm H. König : NCO Struve Wilhelm Althaus : Captain Gruber Heinz Engelmann : Lieutenant Strehl Wolfgang Staudte : Sergeant Major Kern Hermann Pfeiffer : Assistant director Lohmann Ruth Hellberg : Actress Gerda Ingeborg von Kusserow : Telephone operator Lisbeth Hilde Schneider : Gymnastics teacher Käthe Claire Winter : Lotte saleswoman Louise Morland : landlady Mrs. Werner Christian Kayßler : Kapellmeister Lautenbach Eduard Wandrey : Preysing actor Elisabeth Schwarzkopf : Carmen actress Günther Treptow : Don José actor Hermann Mayer-Falkow : A colleague of Gerdas Waldemar Pottier Herbert Reichelt Herbert Scholz

Three NCOs is a Nazi propaganda film made in 1939 by Werner Hochbaum . The main male roles are played by Albert Hehn as NCO Rauscher, Fritz Genschow as NCO Kohlhammer and Wilhelm H. König as NCO Struve.

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.

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The three NCOs Rauscher, Kohlhammer and Struve are group leaders of the first platoon of the third company and are very different in character. Kohlhammer is a daredevil with a weakness for beautiful women, Struve likes to read and tries to please everyone, Rauscher is a rather calm person who cares a lot about his future. Despite their differences, the three are good friends.

One evening Kohlhammer fatally arranged to meet two women at the same time, one with the gymnastics teacher Käthe and the other with the operator Lisbeth. So he wants to persuade Struve to go out with Kathe in his place. Since Struve actually has to go to the theater rehearsal with 20 soldiers, he in turn hires Rauscher as his representative for the theater job. The latter agrees, but has to cancel the evening date for his fiancée Lotte. In the course of the theater performance, Rauscher falls in love with the actress Gerda, who also reciprocates his affection, much to the displeasure of Kapellmeister Lautenbach, who not only encourages Gerda, but is in love with her himself. Due to the relationship, however, Rauscher's performance in the company deteriorates, which his captain also notices negatively.

Despite several warnings from well-meaning friends, Rauscher wants to end his relationship with Gerda and officially separates from his fiancée Lotte. But when Gerda's landlady tells him about Gerda's relationship with Lautenbach, Rauscher angrily rushes to the theater and causes all sorts of trouble there. Gerda finally promises to part ways with Lautenbach, but Rauscher should travel with her for a week. Both the sergeant major and the platoon leader refuse to leave the less than exemplary sergeant. To make matters worse, Rauscher's misconduct in the theater is now reported to the company. His friend Struve jumps into the breach for him and takes the arrest sentence due.

When there is finally an argument between Kohlhammer and Rauscher about Gerdas, Struve and Kohlhammer take the reins in hand and try to save the three-way friendship. Struve asks Gerda to forego the trip, which in the end also does. Kohlhammer seeks out Rauscher, who, contrary to orders, sits in civilian clothes at the station and waits for Gerda. He succeeds in getting his friend to change his heart and quickly gives him his own uniform so that Rauscher can go into the quarters with his troops as ordered. Kohlhammer therefore has to go back to the guard in Rauscher's civilian suit, which now also brings him a penalty. After all, it is Rauscher himself who confesses the whole story to his lieutenant and pleads guilty. The captain, who should actually severely punish his three NCOs, is enthusiastic about their sense of camaraderie and wants to give them tasks in which they can prove themselves together.

Production and reception

The film was produced and distributed by Universum-Film AG Berlin . The German premiere took place on March 31, 1939.

Parts of several military units were involved in the shooting: from the Berlin Guard Regiment, the Infantry Training Regiment (both later belonged to the roots of the Greater Germany Division ), the Panzer Training Department and the Richthofen Jagdgeschwader .

After the end of the Second World War , the performance was banned by the high command of the Allied victorious powers . Today the exploitation rights are held by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung , which only allows this film to be shown in the context of special educational events.

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era
• List of German films banned under Allied military censorship

Web links

• Three officers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Three NCOs at filmportal.de

• Three NCOs at murnau-stiftung.de

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• Illustrierter Film-Kurier - No. 2937, program booklet for three non-commissioned officers , ed. from the United Publishing Companies Franke & Co., Berlin