Pornography & Holocaust
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pornography & Holocaust |
| Original title | Stalags |
| Country of production | Israel |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 65 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ari Libsker |
| script | Ari Libsker |
Pornography & Holocaust (original title: סטאלגים, Stalagim or Stalags ) is a documentary film by the director Ari Libsker from 2008 that deals with the phenomenon of the so-called Stalag booklets and their importance for educating Israeli youth in the 1960s discussed.
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The documentation focuses on the Stalag booklets, which were extremely popular in Israel in the early 1960s. This is a series of pornographic and sadomasochistic booklet novels that can be assigned to the genre of so-called Naziploitation and whose name goes back to the first title written by Eli Keidar, Stalag 13 (derived from Stammlager ), which was sold 80,000 times.
The individual booklets, all of which deal with fictional events during the Second World War , follow recurring plots: the focus of the story is usually a British or American fighter pilot who was shot down over their territory by the Nazis and brought to a POW camp. Once there, the hero is sadistically tortured and raped by women members of the SS who provide the camp's guards.
According to Pornography & Holocaust , the Stalag booklets were the only available pornography in 1960s Israeli society, which is characterized as conservative and puritanical , which explains in part the importance of the series in the sexual education of Israeli youth. In addition, many young people were confronted with the subject of the Shoah for the first time through the booklet , the real extent of which only became apparent to a wider public following the Eichmann trial of 1961.
The remaining copies of the series that are discontinued today are largely in the possession of private individuals. Some of these collectors have their say in Pornography & Holocaust in an anonymised form. Others, such as the former police officer Eyal Liani, who meets for sex with a German woman named “Susanna” because she is the granddaughter of an SS member, openly talk about her fascination for the subject. In addition, Stalag authors, contemporary witnesses, experts and scientists are interviewed.
Reviews
“How much did that shape Israeli society at the time? Who wrote and published this mass-produced item, which was becoming increasingly tasteless? Director Ari Libsker investigates this phenomenon, meets fanatical collectors, former authors and questions how Israel deals with the Holocaust in an intelligent and amazing way. "
“The Stalag authors intuitively drew the connection between sex, sadism and the staging of violence in the fascist project. Libsker's film reveals this connection and in the end loses sight of it again through its moral positioning against the harmful pornography of the Holocaust. "
“Libsker made a documentary film out of the subject, just as you would like it to be: Without pre-defined opinions and blinkers. He approaches his topic and the people cautiously, conveys surprising insights and connections, he gives those portrayed time to develop their stories and ideas. "
"The film reconstructs a chapter of trivial literature by linking conversations with authors, publishers and journalists with contemporary original recordings, without being able to adequately substantiate its thesis that the 'pornography of the Holocaust' continues to have an effect."
“Even if the notorious 'Stalagims' can only be found in the hands of collectors today, their influence on the collective processing of trauma can still be proven today. The consequences of this line of tradition, on the other hand, can only be assessed vaguely. As courageous as Ari Libsker's breaking a taboo in dealing with a pop-cultural phenomenon may be, his detailed and associative and extremely worth seeing analysis shies away from this step. "
“The Stalag booklets established a connection between two taboo subject areas: sexuality and the Holocaust. The scandal over its very existence forced the Holocaust issue back into public consciousness. What had previously been treated as taboo could now be discussed more openly. "
Trivia
In the Israeli teen comedy Popsicle , the main character “Benny” can be seen for a brief moment in the bathtub with a Stalag booklet.
Web links
- Pornography & Holocaust in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for Pornography & Holocaust . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2011 (PDF; test number: 125 888 K).
- ↑ Stalags. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Peter Praschl: Pop culture: Israel's post-traumatic pornography syndrome . December 30, 2010 ( welt.de [accessed January 8, 2020]).
- ^ Tal Sterngast: Documentary "Pornography & Holocaust": The staging of violence . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 29, 2010, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed January 8, 2020]).
- ↑ "Pornography & Holocaust". Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
- ^ Tal Sterngast: Documentary "Pornography & Holocaust": The staging of violence . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 29, 2010, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed January 8, 2020]).
- ↑ Georg Seeßlen: DVD "Pornography and Holocaust": The horror as fantasy . In: The time . March 10, 2011, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 8, 2020]).
- ↑ Pornography & Holocaust. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Pornography and the Holocaust | Film, trailer, review. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Short film highlight: Pornography and the Holocaust. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .
- ^ Fritz Göttler: The captain's bitch. Retrieved January 8, 2020 .