Everyone dies for himself alone (1976)
Everyone dies for himself is a film by director Alfred Vohrer , shot in 1975 based on the novel of the same name by Hans Fallada . The world premiere took place on January 21, 1976 in the Berlin Filmbühne in Vienna . Like the book, the film is based on the real life of the Berlin couple Otto Hermann Hampel and Elise Hampel . Hans Fallada wrote the novel in late 1946; it is considered to be the first work by a German non-emigrated writer to address the resistance against National Socialism .
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The film is set in Berlin in 1940 during the Second World War . The dictator Hitler is at the height of his power. The resistance against National Socialism in its various forms had a difficult time against the Nazi regime . The married couple Anna (portrayed by Hildegard Knef ) and Otto Quangel live in simple circumstances, without being particularly interested in politics. However, when her only son Otto died in the Western campaign , the mourning for her son increased the inner resistance to the Nazi regime. When a Jewish neighbor also dies, Anna decides to actively resist. She writes very personal leaflets on field postcards, which she first puts out alone and later with her husband in public places and throws them in mailboxes in Berlin. However, the two are discovered and arrested. In the end, they are sentenced to death in a show trial. Otto Quangel kills himself in the courtroom with a cyanide capsule ; Anna is executed two months later (murdered because of the unjust judgment).
Reviews
- Lexicon of international film : "A novel based on sentimental effects."
- Reclam's Lexikon des Deutschen Films (1995) described Everyone dies for himself as Alfred Vohrer's most demanding work: “Although a bit sentimental, but without sensational moments, the film adaptation almost does justice to Fallada's original. Hildegard Knef's concentrated and straightforward role design is particularly impressive. "
Further films
- 1962: Everyone dies for himself was created in the Federal Republic under the direction of Falk Harnack . Anna and Otto Quangel were portrayed here by Edith Schultze-Westrum and Alfred Schieske . Other roles included a. Anneli Granget , Hartmut Reck , Martin Hirthe , Werner Peters , Sigrid Pein and Benno Hoffmann can be seen.
- 1970: Everyone dies for himself in the GDR at DEFA a multi-part TV series directed by Hans-Joachim Kasprzik . The Quangel couple played Elsa Grube-Deister and Erwin Geschonneck . Other actors were here u. a. Wolfgang Kieling , Dieter Franke , Barbara Adolph , Wolfgang Greese , Fred Delmare , Christine Schorn , Fred Düren , Günther Simon and Rolf Hoppe .
- 2016: Everyone Dies for Himself is a Franco-German-British fictional film by Vincent Perez with Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson in the leading roles.
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This is what the original postcards from the Hampels 1940/41 looked like:
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Web links
- Every Man Dies Alone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Everyone dies for himself alone at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for everyone dies for himself . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2011 (PDF; test number: 47 928 V).
- ↑ Everyone dies for himself alone. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 8, 2016 .