Germany Awake! (1968) West Germany
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Director:Leiser, Irwin
Studio:Erwin Leiser Filmproduktion
Writer:Erwin Leiser
Rating:7.5 (12 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:009432222356
Genre:German films
IMDb:0400360
Duration:1:26:00
Aspect Ratio:1.33 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:German
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300002092
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:DVD copy
Leiser, Irwin  ...  (Director)
Erwin Leiser  ...  (Writer)
 
Harry Giese  ...  Narrator
Comments: DGE 113

Summary: A documentary on the German Motion Picture and its use as a propaganda tool by the Nazis. Directed by Irwin Leiser, Germany, 1968 (Originally titled: Deutschland Erwache). With Switchable English subtitles and newly re-recorded English Commentary track.
Excerpts from the following 26 German films are shown:

1. Dawn (Morgenrot) 1933
2. Hans Westmar 1933
3. Hitler Youth Quex (Hitlerjunge Quex) 1933
4. Frisians in Peril (Friesenot) 1935
5. Bismarck 1940
6. German Newsreel 29 / 1941
7. D III 88 1939
8. My son, the Minister (Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister) 1937
9. For Merit (Pour le Mérite) 1938
10. Venus on Trial (Venus vor Gericht) 1941
11. Refugees (Flüchtlinge) 1933
12. Homecoming (Heimkehr) 1941
13. Victory in the West (Sieg im Westen) 1941
14. Stukas 1941
15. The Crew of the Dora (Besatzung Dora) 1943
16. Request Concert (Wunschkonzert) 1940
17. Jud Süss (Jew Suss) 1940
18. I Accuse (Ich klage an)1941
19. U-boat, Course West! (U-Boote westwärts) 1941
20. The Higher Order (Der höhere Befehl) 1935
21. The Rothschilds (Die Rothschilds) 1940
22. Uncle Kruger (Ohm Krüger) 1941
23. Carl Peters 1941
24. The Great King (Der grosse König) 1942
25. Kolberg 1945
26. Great Love (Die grosse Liebe)1942