U-boats out! With U-Boot 178 against the enemy (1918)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | U-boats out! With submarine 178 against the enemy |
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| Country of production | German Empire |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | 68 or 61 minutes |
| Rod | |
| production | Image and Film Office (BUFA) (Berlin) |
| camera | Gotthardt Wolf (Maybe) |
U-boats out! Mit U-Boot 178 against the enemy is a German propaganda film from 1918 in the style of a documentary film .
action
The sailor Karl has come home on home leave. He proudly reports to his neighbors about his war experiences and how he got wounded.
Review: A soldier is busy arming a hand grenade while a wounded man is being rescued in the dunes and transported away. At about the same time, Karl’s father appeared with the newspaper of February 1, 1917, which contained a report on the unrestricted submarine war . Karl reads the Emperor's words and explains to his father that he will volunteer for the submarine weapon.
Karl has achieved his goal and is now a graduate of the submarine school in Kiel. He and his comrades receive torpedo instruction , then hatch drills are practiced. A special moment is when Germany's youngest submarine officer, Prince Sigismund of Prussia , reports on board the submarine school. The roll call follows on deck. Then exercises on the gun are on the program. Then Karl and two other men are assigned to a submarine. They come on the submarine 178, which is ready to sail against the enemy. Before that, however, the torpedoes and provisions are taken over. Then the farewell to the commander is due in an officers' mess, who then goes on board the submarine. Casting-off maneuvers and exit from the port of Kiel take place. The men are accompanied by the wish “always have a good trip”.
The commander at the periscope immediately reports on the high seas: “Enemy destroyers in sight!” Everyone is ordered to the guns. After the bombardment, the submarine goes to dive station. Then the situation becomes serious again. Another ship is in sight. After an investigation, the ship turns out to be an ammunition steamer. Important papers are stolen.
Scenes not included in the film fragment
Part 2: Encounter with submarine 202 on the high seas, enemy planes appear in the sky. Bombs hit the water. An aerial battle ensues and an English plane is shot down. An FF-33 goes to the drifting aircraft wreck and picks up the emergency-landed pilot. There are telephone buoys in the water. U-178 sends a boat to the telephone buoy to contact U-202.
Part 3: The radio room of the lift ship Vulkan is shown. Helmet divers go into the water to attach the cables . The submarine appears on the surface of the water. U-178 stops a merchant ship while sailors row to the submarine with the ship's papers. The crew of the arrested merchant steamer goes into the rowing boat and is then taken in tow by U-178. Steamers and sinking ships are blown up. Sailors in possession of binoculars and sextants keep watch on the bridge . The crew of the sunk ship is transferred to an auxiliary cruiser .
Part 4: Waving signals are sent to the FF-33, which then floods. The ship's papers of the sunk steamer are handed over to the pilot. U-178 goes to diving station. Mine explosions shake the water. The submarine reappears and moves across water. While the torpedo tubes are being loaded, the steamer sinks. The submarine goes home in heavy seas. There is a lot of work going on in the engine room. One encounters torpedo boats and cruisers . The submarine arrives in the port of Kiel. Prince Heinrich of Prussia comes on board to greet the crew on deck. Karl gets home leave.
production
Film fragment
A fragment of the film with a length of 17:29 minutes has been preserved in the Koblenz Federal Archives. It is a documentation with a game story.
At the end of the statements about the film fragment, there is a note: “The two boats“ U 178 ”and“ U 202 ”are obviously numbers in disguise. Boats with this numbering were commissioned in 1917, but no longer put into service. The film mainly contains staged recordings. Source: Federal Archives. "
Production notes
The production company was the Bild- und Filmamt (BUFA) Berlin on behalf of the Reichsfilmstelle (Berlin). There were two versions in four acts at 1237 and 1124 meters each, corresponding to about 68 and 61 minutes.
In the film, the rescue ship SMS Vulkan plays a role in the lifting of the fictitious submarine U 202 .
Film censorship
The film was subject to film censorship several times. The Berlin police released him for the youth in August 1917 (No. 40823). On February 14, 1918 (No. 3801) and May 10, 1918 (MMZ.4005) it was tested by the Munich military. The Reichsfilmzensur checked again on October 21, 1921 and also released it for young people.
publication
A press screening took place in October 1917 in the Tauentzienpalast , the actual premiere in February 1918 in the Kali Berlin. Other film titles mentioned are Mit U one hundred and seventy-eight against the enemy , alternatively Mit U-178 against the enemy and on U-boats .
Film with the same title
The Nazis used exactly the same title for a propaganda film from 1939.
Web links
- U-boats out! With submarine 178 against the enemy at filmportal.de
- U-boats out! With U-Boot 178 against the enemy at The German Early Cinema Database
- U-boats out! With U-Boot 178 against the enemy (short version) see bundesarchiv.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b U-boats out! With U-Boot 178 against the enemy 17½-minute film fragment
- ↑ All of Hugo Ball's works and letters in the Google book search
- ↑ Film length calculator , frame rate : 16 2/3
- ^ U-Boats out (1917) see earlycinema.dch-phil-fak.uni-koeln.de
- ↑ Submarines out! With U-Boot 178 against the enemy (1939) at filmportal.de