Resisting enemy interrogation

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Movie
Original title Resisting enemy interrogation
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1944
length 62 minutes
Rod
Director Bernard Vorhaus
script Harold Medford
production Ronald Reagan
music David Rose
occupation

Resisting Enemy Interrogation is an American fiction film from 1944 that was designed as an educational film for the US Army.

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A German prisoner-of-war camp for enemy air force crews receives five new prisoners: the wounded pilot Cole, the flight commander Captain Spencer, the copilot First Lieutenant Williams, the young and terrified Cooper and the flight engineer Sergeant Mason. The Americans crashed their bomber during their mission over Italy and were captured. The camp commandant Major von Behn is upset that the crew managed to destroy all important documents and most of the equipment prior to their capture. The Germans know that one crew member is missing, but it is difficult for them to determine the identity of the others. Only Williams can be identified through a newspaper clipping about his father, the founder of an anti-Nazi organization, which he carries with him.

The interrogations reveal that Williams is a talkative character and that Mason is strictly loyal to his commanding officer. Von Behn intends to break the will of the weakest prisoner, Cooper, through solitary confinement. Spencer only gives his name, rank and service number during the interrogation. The German Red Cross representative Mahler tries to get Spencer to fill out some forms, but Spencer suspects a ruse behind it.

Williams speaks to an inmate posing as an American officer by the name of Captain Reining about Cole's identity. At the same time, Cole, who is lying in the camp hospital, is tricked by a German nurse. She pretends to be a Nazi victim and can get some information from Cole. Cole tells her that her bomber took off from Naples. Von Behn can learn some information about the firepower of the downed bomber from Williams. The Germans conclude from the information that their enemies planned to attack industrial plants in inhabited areas.

Von Behn embroils Mason in an argument about the possibilities of the bomber. Mason is misled and reveals some details to the major. Von Behn wants more information and threatens to torture Spencer. Mason wants to save his comrade and talks about the Air Force's planned missions, especially about the launches planned for the following day. Williams inadvertently gives the information that the bombers are carrying incendiary bombs and bombs with delay fuses. The Germans conclude that the possible destinations could be Munich , Belgrade or Budapest .

Shortly before the start, the Germans realized that the bomber's target would be an oil refinery near Munich. Based on the information that the Germans received from their prisoners, the air strike fails because the German Air Force can send fighter planes towards the bombers and shoot down 28 Allied bombers.

Awards

In 1945 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Documentary .

background

The film was produced by the US Army's First Motion Picture Unit . It premiered in New York in August 1944.

Harold Medford writer is also the basis for the war drama Target Unknown by George Sherman , which was staged 1,951th

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