Jakko

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Movie
Original title Jakko
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1941
length 83 minutes
Age rating FSK no
JMK youth free
Rod
Director Fritz Peter book
script Fritz Peter book
production Herbert Engelsing
music Hans Otto Borgmann
camera Paul Rischke
cut Elisabeth Neumann ,
Waldemar Gaede
occupation

Jakko is a German fiction film directed by Fritz Peter Buch in 1940/41 in which Norbert Rohringer plays the leading role. It tells the story of an orphan circus boy who finds a sense of duty and order in the Hitler Youth . The script is based on the novel of the same name by Alfred Weidenmann .

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 circus boy Jakko came to Germany with a traveling circus. He doesn't enjoy circus life, especially the dubious ringmaster makes life difficult for him. A meeting with members of the Navy Hitler Youth leads to a fight. Nonetheless, Jakko made a close friendship with a Hitler Youth . When he has to leave the circus, he is accepted into the Hitler Youth. Before Jakko finds his way into the " Volksgemeinschaft ", he has to pass a tough test.

production

The film was produced by Tobis-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin under the production management of Herbert Engelsing at locations in Sopot and Gdansk . The first outdoor photos were taken between October 17 and November 30, 1940, the second from May 27 to mid-June 1941. The studio photos were taken from December 5, 1940 to February 7, 1941. The song lyrics in the film are from Hans Fritz Beckmann and Hein Meiswinkel. The production costs amounted to around 1,240,000  RM . The world premiere of Jakko took place on October 12, 1941 in the Ufa-Palast am Zoo as part of the opening of the 1941/42 youth film hours.

Reich Youth Leader Artur Axmann was the patron of the film . Before the premiere, Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels spoke at the same event .

Awards and reception

The film received from the film testing the predicates "national political value", "popularly valuable" and "youth worth". With the latter, it was suitable as an educational film for film events of the Reich Youth Leadership ( youth film lessons ).

Wilhelm Westecker wrote about the film in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in 1941 : “This film is entirely determined by the nature of the youth. He works not through doctrines or principles, but through example and role model. Nor is the youth set in opposition to the adult world. It remains in the natural context of an organic national community. [...] 'Jakko' is a film in which our youth recognize themselves. "

After the end of the Second World War , the film was classified as a reserve film because of the National Socialist 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.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: German sound films . 11th volume, year 1940/41. Ulrich J. Klaus-Verlag, Berlin 2000. P. 213 f.
  2. ^ Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , Norddeutsche Buchdruckerei and Publishing House, October 14, 1941.