Comrades at sea

Movie
Original title	Comrades at sea
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1938
length	91 minutes
Age rating	FSK none
Rod
Director	Heinz Paul
script	Peter Francke Ingo Adalbert Zerbe
production	Hans Wölffel, Alfred Greven ( Terra-Filmkunst GmbH Berlin )
music	Robert Küssel
camera	Hans Schneeberger
occupation
Carola Höhn : Carmita Praetorius Theodor Loos : Rear Admiral Brackhusen Ingeborg Hertel : Inge, his daughter Paul Wagner : Lieutenant Captain Rank Josef Sieber : Chief boatman's mate Reschke Rolf Weih : Ensign z. S. Praetorius Jaspar von Oertzen : Ensign z. S. Fischer Fred Döderlein : Lieutenant Born Theo Brandt : Ensign z. S. Lutz Günther Vogdt : Ensign z. S. by Raff Ferry Reich : Ensign z. S. Bern Angelo Ferrari : Legation Councilor Matassi Heinrich Schroth : Captain of the "Marana" Arthur Reinhardt : Lieutenant Feldmann, officer of the admiral ship Hans Kettler : Helmsman Martinez Reinhold Bernt : Commissioner Sakin Julius Brandt : Wholesaler Praetorius Ellen Gutschmidt : Young dancer in a café Maria Seidler : Anna, housekeeper at Brackhusen Albert Hehn : Sailor Bob Iller : Prisoner on the "Marana" Annie Lorenz : officer's wife Josef Peterhans : One of the reds who hijack the “Marana” Gustav Püttjer : Fisherman Fritz Hoopts : Spanish fisherman Ernst Behmer : Waiter in the café Arthur Kühn : 1st Ensign Charlie Albert Huber : 2nd Ensign Carl-August Dennert : 3rd Ensign Georg A. Profé : 4th Ensign

Comrades at Sea is a 1938 German film directed by Heinz Paul . It is the fourth and last Nazi propaganda film that Heinz Paul made. The main roles in this film were played by Paul Wagner and Jaspar von Oertzen.

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 Ensign Peter travels 1936 under Lieutenant Rank on a German torpedo boat . He falls in love with Carmita, the pretty sister of a comrade. His superior Rank also falls in love with Carmita. Rank proposes to her, which she accepts. Carmita and her father are on a civilian coastal ship when it is seized by Spanish communists . Rank receives the order not to intervene. Nevertheless, Peter and a comrade start a rescue operation on their own, in which Peter's comrade is captured. Now Lieutenant Rank also decides to disregard his orders. He frees his comrades from captivity.

production

The film was produced by Hans Wöffer within the Hans Tost production group under the Terra Production Manager Alfred Greven ( Terra-Filmkunst GmbH Berlin ) . Alfred Bittins was in charge of production . The buildings are by Heinrich C. Richter and Gabriel Pellon . The shooting took place in Kiel , Flensburg and in the Gulf of Genoa . The film premiered on March 12, 1938.

music

The title song "Comrades at Sea" is still played by the German Navy today. The text comes from Goetz Otto Stoffregen . Bruno Balz wrote the text for the title “Hamburg, every sailor dreams of you” . His participation was not mentioned because of his homosexuality .

reception

The Film-Kurier wrote about the film: "This film is a refreshing work, a clean, decent work [...] - it serves in its example of comradeship, of readiness, in its splendid pictures and descriptions of the seafaring life of the youth, of bold ones Trips to sea and from the warm, self-sacrificing spirit of the new German Navy to the whole people. ”He received the title “ politically valuable ” from the film inspection agency .

After 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

• Comrades at sea in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Comrades at sea at filmportal.de
• Comrades at Sea at Murnau Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Command staff of the armed forces: song book of the Bundeswehr, Voggenreiter Verlag Bonn 1991, page 38
2. ↑ Robert Küssel, Goetz Otto Stoffregen: Comrades at Sea: March from the Woelffer film of the same name by Terra-Filmkunst GmbH, Echo-Musikverl. Berlin 1938
3. ↑ Bruno Balz at IMDb, accessed on September 13, 2013
4. ^ Illustrated Film-Kurier - from March 14, 1938, program booklet for comrades at sea , ed. from the United Publishing Companies Franke & Co., Berlin 1938