Boys

Movie
Original title	Boys
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1941
length	82 minutes
Age rating	FSK none
Rod
Director	Robert A. Stemmle
script	Otto Bernhard Wendler Horst Kerutt Robert A. Stemmle
production	Eberhard Schmidt for UFA , Berlin
music	Werner Egk
camera	Robert Baberske
cut	Walter Wischniewsky
occupation
Albert Hehn : Hellmut Gründel Hilde Sessak : Lene Eduard Wandrey : Innkeeper Ottokar Waschke Kurt Fischer-Fehling : Bannführer Krüger Eduard Wenck : Dune Guard Albert Faustmann Maria Hofen Mrs. Faustmann Bruni Löbel : Anne-Liese Gründel Botho Kayser : Bannführer Hartmann Rudolf Koch-Riehl : Chauffeur Franz Georg Thomalla : Jochen Krafft Botho Kaatz : Heini Faustmann Gisela Scholtz : Heini's sister Hugo Gau-Hamm : Fischer Matthies Gerhard Jeschke : Market hall employee Wilhelm Grosse : organ grinder at Waschke Wilhelm H. König : leader of the smuggler's boat Philipp Manning : Old bearded fisherman of the village Erhart Stettner : Member of the fish hall inspection Wolfgang Staudte : Young fisherman of the village Lilli Schoenborn : wife of the young fisherman Reinhold Weiglin : Old fisherman Sepp Rederer : Schupo at the district competition Dieter Borsche : Schupo in Königsberg Franz Ernst Bochum : old fisherman of the dune village Karl Swinburne Conrad Cappi Maria Michael Ulrich Strelow Eva Steffen

Jungens is a German youth film made in 1941 by Robert A. Stemmle . The film describes the social grievances in a small Baltic village. The male opponents are played by Albert Hehn as the progressive teacher and Hitler Youth leader Hellmut Gründel and Eduard Wandrey as the exploitative innkeeper Ottokar Waschke. "Jungens" is an example of children's and youth films under National Socialism .

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

In a small village on the Baltic Sea, the questionable innkeeper Ottokar Waschke exploits the poor fishermen. He owns the only tug that fishermen can use to transport their catch. So he forces them to sell their goods to him at low prices and sells them on at high prices. When the progressive teacher and Hitler Youth leader Hellmut Gründel comes to the village and sees the grievances, he suggests the establishment of a cooperative. This makes him the enemy of Waschke. He tried all kinds of tricks to thwart the establishment of the cooperative . The boy Heini is the son of the dune guard Albert Faustmann. Heini helps out in the restaurant in Waschke when he discovers that fuel cans are being smuggled on the coast. Waschke threatens to falsely betray his father to the police. In fact, the smuggling is organized by Waschke. Only with the help of their teacher can the youths organized in the Hitler Youth convict the real perpetrator and hand it over to the police.

production

The film was produced by ( Universum-Film AG Berlin ) under the production management of Eberhard Schmidt and copied by Afifa Berlin . The recording manager was Herbert Junghanns . The buildings come from Emil Hasler and Otto Gülstorff . The shooting took place in Nidden on the Curonian Spit / Königsberg . The film premiered on May 2, 1941 in the Atrium, Ufa-Theater Friedrichstrasse and Ufa-Theater Tauentzien-Palast Berlin .

music

The music comes from Werner Egk , who composed the “March of the German Youth” especially for the film. The lyrics are from Hans Fritz Beckmann .

reception

The film received no special ratings from the film testing agency . Its success was moderate. The stringing together of the many plot elements - smuggling, willingness to make sacrifices, education, Hitler Youth marches - seemed artificial. From an educational point of view, it was said: "The script's mandate, the wording of the dialogues, the escalation of the conflicts do not convince us." As part of a series of films by the Berlin Topography of Terror Foundation , the film was shown in 2011 as an example of how young people were influenced by National Socialism . Apart from that, the film receives little attention today. After the end of the Second World War, it was classified as a reserved 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

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• Boys in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Boys at filmportal.de
• "Boys" at Murnau Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fred K. Prieberg , Music in the Nazi State. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1982, ISBN 3-596-26901-6
2. ↑ Boys: A Úfa-Film, Ufa Press Office, 1941
3. ^ AU Sander: Youth and Film. Young Germany. Special publication vol. 6. Berlin 1944, page 130f. Quoted from Friedrich Koch : School in the cinema. Authority and education. From the “Blue Angel” to the “Feuerzangenbowle”. Weinheim and Basel 1987, page 118. ISBN 978-3-407-34009-2
4. ↑ "TAZ.de accessed on September 7, 2013