“Assault Battalion 1917” ( German: Stosstrupp 1917 ) is a military feature film shot in Nazi Germany in 1934 by director Ludwig Schmid-Wildi based on the novel “Faith in Germany” by Hans Zoberlain ( Der Glaube an Deutschland ).
| Assault Battalion 1917 | |
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| Stosstrupp 1917 | |
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| Genre | military drama |
| Producer | Ludwig Schmid-Wildy, Hans Soberlein |
| Author script | Hans Soberlein , Franz Adam Marian Kolb |
| In the main cast | Ludwig Schmid-Wildy, Beppo Brehm, Max Zankl, Hans Possenbacher, Karl Hanft |
| Operator | Franz Burle Saire, |
| Film company | Arya-Film GmbH (München - Berlin) |
| Duration | 118 minutes |
| A country | Germany |
| Tongue | Deutsch |
| Year | 1934 |
| IMDb | ID 0140572 |
The film premiered on February 20, 1934.
One of the most successful and most popular war films of Nazi Germany [1] .
The film enjoyed great success among millions of German viewers, becoming the leader of the rental. The original frames of the film have long been considered lost. However, the film was restored. With the help of the German Federal Film Archive and private collectors, a complete film and sound version of The Assault Battalion 1917 was prepared. At the same time, national-socialist and nationalist motifs were removed, as the comparison with the 107-minute version shown in the USA shows.
Content
Story
1917 year. The western front of the First World War . The film shows the combat path of one of the German units - the assault battalion . Throughout 1917, soldiers of the battalion are transferred to the most difficult sections of the front, where the most bloody battles are fought: in the spring, the battle on the Ena River in Champagne, battles in the muddy mud of Flanders, the battle of Cambrai . About their deprivations and bloody losses in battles against the French and British. Despite all the difficulties and sadness for the fallen comrades, the main characters never lose courage.
Filmmakers recreated the horrors of the First World War on the screen: endless shelling, the mud of a positional war, hand-to-hand combat and assault attacks, undermining fortifications and "clearing trenches", a gas attack and a battle with a tank.
Cast
- Ludwig Schmid-Wildy - Hans Steinbauer
- Beppo Brehm - Girgl
- Max Zankl - Heiner
- Hans Possenbacher - Anderl
- Karl Hunt - Martle
- Heinz Evelt - Max
- Hans Erich Pfleger - Carl
- Georg Emmerling - Gustle
- Tony Eggert - Tony
- Albert Penzkofer - Corporal
- Harry Herzsch - lieutenant
- Eberhard Craisern - Headquarters Major
- Nestor Lampert - The Dying
- Georg Heinrich Lange - Scout
- Ludwig ten Klut - company commander
- Emil Matusek - Michelle
- Karl Muller - Wolfgang
- Matias Olshchinsky - General
Notes
Links
- " 1917 Assault Battalion on the Internet Movie Database
- Stoßtrupp 1917 (German)