From the tsar to Stalin
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | From the tsar to Stalin |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 / free of public holidays |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Raphael Nussbaum , Peter Rosinski |
| script |
Franz Baake , Peter Rosinski |
| production | Aero film (Berlin) |
| music | Arranger : Gottfried Madjera |
| cut |
Georges Marschack , Erika von Stegmann |
| occupation | |
From the Tsar to Stalin is a German documentary from 1962 . The historical picture reportage was in several German cities on May 18, 1962 premiere .
International performances
The film was shown in the United States under the title From Czar to Stalin (alternative title: The Final Battle ) and in Finland under the title Kohtalonvuodet tsaarista Staliniin .
description
The film was produced in 35 mm format in 1961. The images were collected by the producer and director Raphael Nussbaum and the journalist Peter Rosinski .
The core of the film is Herman Axelbank's US documentary Tsar to Lenin from 1937. Nussbaum acquired Axelbank's material for his film in New York City , while Rosinski acquired material in Germany in the Federal Archives , in the archive of the Berlin film copier Emil Müller (Fikopa), gathered from former military photographers and Russian emigrants.
The film documents the development of Russia beginning in Tsarist Russia under Nicholas II , through the February and October revolutions in 1917, the Russian civil war (1918–1921) and the subsequent development towards the dictatorship of Josef Stalin . This also results in the difference in the film title compared to Axelbank's documentary from 1937, which only showed Russia's development up to Vladimir Lenin .
reviews
The film was awarded the FBW rating of “particularly valuable” on the condition that a field service scene and accompanying commentary had to be removed.
A copy of the film was shown to employees of the Federal Press Office and the All-German Ministry in Bonn and the returnees association in Bad Godesberg prior to its premiere . The employees of the two Bonn offices were - according to an article in Spiegel 20/1962 - surprised and impressed by the footage, but commented that some things should not be said so clearly. The functionaries of the Homecoming Association allegedly expressed themselves critically that it would be demoralizing for the Germans in the "defensive struggle" against Bolshevism if they were shown that it had triumphed in Russia and said that the film should not be shown in Germany.
Web links
- From Czar to Stalin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- From the Tsar to Stalin at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Russia - Naked and Dead , Der Spiegel 20/1962, May 16, 1962.
- ^ From the Tsar to Stalin ( Memento from February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Kabel eins.