Kolberg (1945)
Country: GER
Technical: col 146m
Director: Veit Harlan
Cast: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Wegener
Synopsis:
1807: the citizens of Kolberg hold out against all odds in the face of Napoleon's armies, undertaking any sacrifice to keep the invader at bay.
Review:
Designed by Goebbels to stiffen national resistance, this ranting exercise in propaganda was available for release too late to change anything. The acting's okay for the time, but the cutting is very crude indeed, which may reflect the way in which the production was interfered with as the national situation worsened. In any event, critical observations shrink before the queasiness of the whole affair, like watching a national self-immolation in rehearsal.
Country: GER
Technical: col 146m
Director: Veit Harlan
Cast: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Wegener
Synopsis:
1807: the citizens of Kolberg hold out against all odds in the face of Napoleon's armies, undertaking any sacrifice to keep the invader at bay.
Review:
Designed by Goebbels to stiffen national resistance, this ranting exercise in propaganda was available for release too late to change anything. The acting's okay for the time, but the cutting is very crude indeed, which may reflect the way in which the production was interfered with as the national situation worsened. In any event, critical observations shrink before the queasiness of the whole affair, like watching a national self-immolation in rehearsal.
Country: GER
Technical: col 146m
Director: Veit Harlan
Cast: Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Wegener
Synopsis:
1807: the citizens of Kolberg hold out against all odds in the face of Napoleon's armies, undertaking any sacrifice to keep the invader at bay.
Review:
Designed by Goebbels to stiffen national resistance, this ranting exercise in propaganda was available for release too late to change anything. The acting's okay for the time, but the cutting is very crude indeed, which may reflect the way in which the production was interfered with as the national situation worsened. In any event, critical observations shrink before the queasiness of the whole affair, like watching a national self-immolation in rehearsal.