Edelweiß company (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Edelweiss company |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Heinz Paul |
| script |
Hans Gustl Kernmayr Heinz Paul |
| production | Heinz Paul |
| music | Norbert Schultze |
| camera | Franz Weihmayr |
| cut | Ludolf Grisebach |
| occupation | |
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Company Edelweiß is a German war film from 1954, which deals with the German invasion of Norway in 1940 - Nazi alias Company Edelweiß . Under the direction of Heinz Paul play Joachim Mock and Albert Hehn the leading roles. Screenwriter Hans Gustl Kernmayr also created the novel Der gläserne Berg .
action
Norway in 1940. The Wehrmacht has established itself in the country and nine mountain troops have found shelter in a lonely homestead in the north. The officers and ordinary compatriots Friederich, Stefan Hallweger, Adelbert, Ignatz, Paul Hübner, Werner Lobisser, Hardei, Erich and Melchior have no idea that the owner's son, Captain Magnus Rasmussen, Eike, runs a tiny radio station in the attic that he uses passes on German troop movements to the Allies. When the wind blows through the wintry landscape the next day, the nine German mountain troops have no idea that they will end up in a heavy snowstorm.
The situation becomes so dramatic that the leader of the small troop decides to broadcast an SOS rescue request, which is promptly received by the Rasmussens. Magnus goes through difficult battles of conscience before he with a heavy heart decides to leave with his sister and two other helpers to save the German enemy. Back at the hut, the Wehrmacht soldiers discover the radio station under the roof. They repay Rasmussen's good deed and leave the homestead without executing the three Norwegians for collaborating with the enemy, as the regulation provides.
Production notes
Edelweiß was created in the film studio in Göttingen and on the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland (outdoor shots). The premiere took place on November 9, 1954 in Stuttgart, the Berlin premiere took place on January 28, 1955.
Heinz Paul and Christoph von Mitschke took over the production management. Hanns H. Kuhnert and Theo Zwierski designed the film buildings.
Reviews
Der Spiegel wrote: “A honest-hearted, naive soldier's story carefully wrapped in anti-war slogans. The muted, warlike music comes from Norbert Schultze ("Bombs on Engelland"). ”
In the Lexicon of International Film it says: "The questioning and the conciliatory answer of the film are marred by self-righteousness, sentimentality and insincere simplification."
Individual evidence
- ^ Critique in Der Spiegel from November 17, 1954
- ^ Company Edelweiss. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 1, 2020 .
Web links
- Company Edelweiss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Edelweiss company at filmportal.de