Our life belongs only to freedom (film)

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Movie
Original title Our life belongs only to freedom
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1969
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Eberhard Itzenplitz
script Herbert Knopp
production Second German Television
camera Jost Vacano
occupation

Our life belongs only to freedom is a German black and white television film from 1969 by Eberhard Itzenplitz . Herbert Knopp wrote the script . It is based on the novel “ Jugend ohne Gott ” by the Austrian author Ödön von Horváth . The main roles are cast with Heinz Bennent , Fritz Straßner , Robert Freitag and Gusti Kreissl . The film premiered on November 5, 1969 on Second German Television. The film title corresponds to the first line of the National Socialist propaganda song of the same name by Hans Baumann.

action

The secondary school teacher Lorenz faced sudden difficulties when - following the regulation - he had a school essay in geography about colonial problems written, but when correcting it, he contradicted the prevailing völkisch view of 1934. The students, met by the common slogans of Nazi propaganda in the home and in public, reject their teacher. A tent camp is supposed to restore confidence. But then there is a murder of the student Niederhöfer, who was one of the most ardent supporters of the "new direction". The suspicion is directed initially against classmate Ziegler, who keeps a diary and was therefore hated by Niederhöfer; because journaling was described by the propaganda as a typical overestimation of one's self. The diary also provides information about Ziegler's love affair with the stray Erika. Professor Lorenz, meanwhile suspended from duty because of his political unreliability, suspects the real culprit in the rich industrialist's son, Trautwein. When he promises him the deed on the head, the one who sees through takes his life. Lorenz realizes that in this time of fascist- fueled attitudes there will be no place for him at a German or Austrian school. He therefore gratefully accepts the pastor's offer to teach in a mission school far from home.

criticism

The evangelical film observer summarizes his opinion as follows: “The dramatization of the novel by Ödön von Horvath does not always work convincingly in its interlacing of reflection and scenic flashback, but impresses with its sincere commitment to humanity. Worth seeing from 14 years. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 506/1969, pp. 495 to 496