Battle for Norway - Campaign 1940
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Original title | Battle for Norway. Campaign 1940 |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 1940 |
length | 81.06 minutes |
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Director | Martin Rikli |
script | Martin Rikli and Werner Buhre |
production | Universe movie |
music | Franz R. Friedl |
camera | Karl Kurzmayer , Werner Bohne , Otto Tober |
cut | Martin Rikli |
Fight for Norway - Campaign 1940 is a German propaganda film commissioned by the Wehrmacht High Command in 1940 , produced by the UFA and created by Martin Rikli . The rolls of film were made on a nitrate basis. The special effects guaranteed by Atelier Hans Neuberger and UFA-Trickatelier.
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The film shows the attack of the Wehrmacht on Norway in graphics and documentary material . The film shows the use of all branches of arms during the occupation of Norway. It ends heroically with the drawing of the document of surrender by the Norwegians and the raising of the imperial war flag by representatives of the deployed associations against the backdrop of a picturesque fjord .
Film history
The film was thought to be lost for a long time. It was only found by chance in 2000 by the Norwegian film historian Jostein Saakvitne in the offer of a Militaria online auction house . This involved five rolls of film with a total weight of 20 kilograms. The film changed hands anonymously for less than 1000 euros .
On September 20, 2006, the film was premiered for the first time after the war by the Oslo Film Institute . The film was not shown in Germany.
The film was digitized by Ragnar Løvberg from the Norwegian Film Institute. The original rolls are now stored in Mo i Rana, the mountain storage facility of the Norwegian National Library .
Web links
- Battle for Norway - campaign in 1940 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Free availability in the Internet Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Seidler: " Norwegians show missing Nazi film " (Spiegel online from September 23, 2006)