Life story of the miner Alphons S.
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Life story of the miner Alphons S. |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1978 |
| length | 256 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Christoph Huebner , Gabriele Voss |
| script | Christoph Hübner, Gabriele Voss, Alphons Stiller |
| production | Christoph Hübner film production with the Institute for Film Design Ulm |
| camera | Christoph Huebner |
| cut | Gabriele Voss |
The life story of the miner Alphons S. is a documentary in eight parts by Gabriele Voss and Christoph Hübner .
content
It is a biographical interview in eight parts by Alphons Stiller. In the film, the miner Alphons S. tells his life story, which is also contemporary history. It begins with the first memories of childhood in the Saarland, later in the Ruhr area. Alphons S. becomes an apprentice in mining, then works underground as a coal miner. In the years of the global economic crisis he became unemployed and moved through Germany as a " Tippelbruder ". Eventually he found work again as a reaper on the Mecklenburg estates until he was called up for military service as a construction soldier .
chapter
| Film part | chapter | content |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early childhood in the Saar region (1906–1910) | The domestic circumstances / From the early death of the mother / The stepmother / Resettlement in the Ruhr area |
| 1 | In the Ruhr area (from 1910) | About life in the colonies / The "Pollack" / The rural habits brought with them |
| 1 | School days and World War I (1912–1918) | How the children experienced the war in school / About the enthusiasm for war and the fallen sons / About war bonds and black-white-red nails / About the need that makes inventive |
| 2 | The war is over (1918–1920) | How the soldiers come home / From the teachers who return / From their contradicting conclusions from the war |
| 2 | Kapp Putsch (1920) | Excerpts from the memories of a 14-year-old / of the failures of social democracy |
| 2 | Work in mining (1920–1923) | As a 14-year-old working above ground / As a 16-year-old on a night shift underground / The lost achievements of 1918 / Collective agreements at that time / About earning money / Inflation period / About the "Pan-Germans" and the denigration of Jews as early as 1923 |
| 3 | The occupation of the Ruhr by the French (1923) | The passive resistance to the French occupation / The unsuccessful actions / From the arguments with the stepmother and from leaving the parental home |
| 3 | On a mill in the Saar area (1923–1925) | Work on a mill / Relationships with girls / The miller's son and reading his books |
| 3 | At the Frankenholz colliery (1925) | A colliery in the country / About the Christian trade union and the "cyclists" / Termination without notice / The decision to go to the typing |
| 4th | At the Tippelei (1925/26) | Life on the country road / About society's flotsam and the people who were on the move back then / About the British miners' strike, the behavior of the German trade unions and the chance to get a permanent job again |
| 4th | Back in the Ruhr area (1926–1928) | The father's misfortune / From better earnings and being able to be seen / The “golden” twenties / From internal trade union disputes and first contacts to the labor movement / “Left radicalism” and the emergence of political awareness |
| 5 | Six weeks in the Aachen coal mining area (1928) | Wet pits and little wages / A certain street in Aachen |
| 5 | In Berlin (1928/29) | Why you just couldn't get on your dog in Berlin / From the Schlesischer Bahnhof, the pre-cutters and the first woman |
| 5 | On the goods (from 1929) | The first position at Neuruppin / Vom Bohnendreschen, the first lieutenant and a failed work stoppage / The second position in the Havelland Luch: a large milk production / Change to the third estate |
| 6th | Increase in the number of Nazis in the countryside (1930–1933) | The birth of the first son and settling down / The worsening economic situation / The development in the elections / The entry into political life / The confrontation among workers |
| 6th | After taking power (from 1933) | The last battle in the hall and the seizure of power / From protective custody that does not protect against the Nazis / The founding of sports clubs and a momentous interview / From the mass organizations of the Nazis in the country |
| 7th | Excursus: How did fascism get so strong? | The propagandistic speeches that sounded so good and sensible / Of the workers and the National Socialist German Workers' Party / The completely legal takeover of power / The money from big industry / Of the practical use of the persecution of the Jews / The fight against the enemy within and the general harmonization / Failures of SPD and KPD |
| 8th | Everyday fascism (1933–1939) | The birth of the daughter and the boxing match between Schmeling and Joe Louis / Vom Volksempfänger and the Führer speeches / "Chatting" with a Jew and the consequences / May 1, 1938 and asking the Führer for forgiveness / From the informing system and the "enemies of the people" / The great distrust / Of the difficulties of resistance |