Sky-striker
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Sky-striker |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK no JMK youth free |
| Rod | |
| Director | Walter Jerven |
| script |
Walter Jerven Hermann Adler Technical advice |
| production | Wilhelm Stöppler ( Tobis-Filmkunst GmbH (Berlin) ) |
| music | Horst Hanns Sieber |
| camera | Herbert Körner |
| cut | Walter Jerven |
| occupation | |
|
Speaker Alfred Braun | |
Himmelstürmer (Subtitle: Birth and History of Flying) is a German documentary film by Walter Jerven, made in 1941 , which depicts the history of aviation from its beginnings to World War II with the help of historical film recordings.
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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Shown are film clips about the development of aviation from the Wright brothers to recordings of Charles Lindbergh's Atlantic flight and the developments of the German Air Force. Finally follows the glorifying representation of the German "flying heroes" Boelcke , Immelmann and Richthofen from the First World War. If one followed the portrayals of the film, the development of aviation reached its climax in the National Socialist Air Force .
Production and reception
The film was produced and awarded by Tobis Filmkunst GmbH under the production management of Wilhelm Stöppler. The German premiere took place on September 23, 1941 in Munich.
In the time of National Socialism , the film was awarded the ratings "politically valuable" and "popular education" by the film testing agency. 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.
The Film-Kurier wrote about him: "From these flying deeds, of which the spokesman often enough announces that they have sealed their mission with death, the film fades over to the flying achievements of our time."
Web links
- Sky-striker. Birth and history of flying in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Himmelstürmer at filmportal.de
- “Himmelstürmer” at the Murnau Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Chiari, Matthias Rogg , Wolfgang Schmidt (eds.) War and the military in the film of the 20th century, Oldenbourg Verlag 2003, page 403
- ^ Illustrated Film-Kurier - from September 25, 1941, program booklet for Himmelstürmer , ed. from the United Publishing Companies Franke & Co., Berlin 1941