Officers against Hitler
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Officers against Hitler |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 135 (+ 27 bonus) minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Maurice Philip Remy |
| music | Klaus Doldinger |
Officers against Hitler is a three-part documentary by Maurice Philip Remy from 2004, which was shot for NDR , BR and SWR . The German first broadcast took place on July 14, 2004 on ARD .
context
The documentary, which was made in a year and a half, was given historical and technical advice by the historians Joachim Fest (Hitler biographer), Peter Hoffmann (Stauffenberg biographer) and Bernhard R. Kroener . Archive material was used and interviews were conducted with over 100 contemporary witnesses. In the same year, the ZDF's rival production Die Hour der Officers appeared under the editorial direction of Guido Knopp . Both films are considered to be comparatively sophisticated.
content
The documentation consists of three episodes:
- Conspiracy from the very beginning (focus on Hans Oster and the September conspiracy of 1938)
- Rising of conscience (focus on Henning von Tresckow and the assassination attempt of 1943)
- Coup in the downfall (focus on Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg and the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944 )
In terms of content, she primarily deals with the motives of the military resistance fighters against National Socialism. Have a say u. a. the then Wehrmacht officers Ulrich de Maizière , Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager (bonus interview) and Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist as well as family members from the families of the resistance. In addition, earlier recordings with the resistance fighters Fabian von Schlabrendorff and Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff are used.
reception
According to Reiner Braun ( Berliner Zeitung ), the film is not "tempted to transfigure history". It was researched "extensively" and made a "fair historical assessment and classification of the resistance in uniform". The director tries "to differentiate". It is a "solid [r], well-researched [r] outline" that is "worth seeing".
Marcus Jauer ( Süddeutsche Zeitung ) considers it a “convincing documentary” . It was “the last chance” to involve contemporary witnesses. In addition, the director had done without "re-enactment scenes" and all kinds of drama.
According to Kerstin Decker ( Der Tagesspiegel ), the film is an “approximation” and “completely committed to the factual”, but it lacks a “spiritual outline”. The documentation hides details about Stauffenberg and does not always present it correctly.
The documentation is "solid, contemporary and entirely appropriate to the matter - only it offers nothing new," says Sven Felix Kellerhoff ( Die Welt ). It follows "very far from the depiction in Fest's [..] book" Coup d'état ", which is sometimes ironed too smoothly."
Web links
- Archive: Officers against Hitler on DasErste.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reiner Braun : No transfiguration of history . In: Berliner Zeitung , July 14, 2004.
- ↑ Marcus Jauer: The brown plague. Maurice Philip Remy documents the resistance of the Wehrmacht against Hitler . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 13, 2004, p. 15.
- ↑ Kerstin Decker : Secret Germany: ARD documentary series about the men who planned the attack on Hitler shows newly discovered film material . In: Der Tagesspiegel , No. 18535, July 14, 2004 p. 26.
- ↑ Sven Felix Kellerhoff : Nothing new in the first. The ARD documentary on July 20, 1944 is worth seeing. Just like the one that was already on ZDF . In: Die Welt , vol. 59, July 14, 2004, No. 162, p. 30.