In the fight against the world enemy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | In the fight against the world enemy, German volunteers in Spain |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1939 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK no JMK youth free |
| Rod | |
| Director | Karl Ritter |
| script | Werner Beumelburg |
| production | Karl Ritter ( Universum-Film AG Berlin ) |
| music | Herbert Windt |
| camera | Heinz Ritter , Eberhard von der Heyden , Walter Hrich , Herbert Lander |
| cut | Berndt from Tyszka |
| occupation | |
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In the fight against the world enemy , subtitle: German volunteers in Spain , is a 1939 German documentary by Karl Ritter about the role of the Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War .
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 film begins with the portrayal of Bolshevik atrocities. The communists are contrasted with the patriotic Frankists . The heroic role of the German volunteers in the Spanish Civil War is also presented. The film ends with the return of the German volunteers to their homeland and the reception of the returnees by Field Marshal Hermann Göring, as well as the state ceremony in Berlin at which the members of the Condor Legion are awarded the Spanish Cross.
Production and reception
The film was produced by Universum-Film AG (Berlin) under the line-up of Karl Ritter and distributed by Universum-Film Verleih GmbH Berlin. The military advice lay with Major Count Fugger and Lieutenant Phillips. The German premiere took place on June 16, 1939 in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin .
When the German-Soviet non-aggression pact was signed in August 1939 , the film no longer suited the political climate and was taken out of distribution at the end of August 1939. Joseph Goebbels wrote in his diary about the unfinished feature film Legion Condor : "[...] not usable at the moment because of the strong anti-Bolshevik tendency." The same was true for the film In the Fight Against the World Enemy .
After the end of World War II , the film was classified as a reserve 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.
Web links
- In the fight against the world enemy: German volunteers in Spain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In the fight against the world enemy at filmportal.de
- In the fight against the world enemy at Murnau Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the fight against the world enemy at filmportal.de
- ^ Klaus Kreimeier : The Ufa Story. A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945 (= Weimar and now. German Cultural Criticism. 23). University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1999, ISBN 0-520-22069-2 , p. 304.
- ↑ Elke Fröhlich (ed.): The diaries of Joseph Goebbels. All fragments. Part 1: Records 1924–1941. Volume 3: 1.1.1937 - 31.12.1939. KG Saur, Munich et al. 1987, ISBN 3-598-21918-0 , September 9, 1939.