Debris film

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As rubble film movies are known that shortly after the Second World War in the four German occupation zones were created and played as a framework for action mostly in the German war ruins. The films primarily reflected a (semi) documentary view of the situation in post-war Germany at the time . But a critical examination of the recent past is also an integral part of these films. The production period for these films is roughly from 1946 until the German state was founded (around the end of 1949).

Topics of the debris films are among others

  • Problems of war returnees
  • The poverty, suffering and hardship in post-war Germany.
  • The Zero Hour
  • Dealing with the past (see Dealing with the Past )
  • Crime and Punishment
  • War damage and war losses
  • Everyday rubble

The close cinematic relationship with Italian neorealism is also unmistakable . B. in Roberto Rossellini's film: " Germany in the year zero " was combined. But the filming of German rubble literature was also part of it, but the filming must fit within the timeframe of the rubble film. An example of a film adaptation is the film “ Liebe 47 ” based on Wolfgang Borchert's work “ Outside the door ” . Cheerful subjects were rare, such as in the youth film 1-2-3 Corona from 1947/48.

Wolfgang Staudte's film “ The Murderers Are Among Us ” is considered the first rubble film (and the first German post-war film ) , which premiered in October 1946 in the Soviet occupation zone in Berlin.

List of known debris films

(Date in brackets indicates the premiere)

See also