Westfront 1918 comrades of 1918 1930 germany 96 mins source. A group of german infantrymen of the first world war live out their lives in the trenches of france. This intensely wrought, highly emotional german antiwar drama comes. Vom stellungskrieg zum bewegungskrieg westfront 1918 brill. Homeinternational historic films complete online catalogwwi films dvds westfront 1918 dvd. The movie focuses on four infantrymen stationed in france the bavarian, karl, the lieutenant and the student. At its berlin premiere on may 23, 1930, some moviegoers supposedly found westfront 1918 s realism so shocking that they fainted in their seats. Pabsts westfront 1918 1930 no less so, but while hans zoberleins equally lavish stosstrupp 1917 is also antiwar.
Westfront 1918, as pabsts first experiment w sound, is so ambitious as to be almost crazy. On 21 march 1918 the german army launched a largescale offensive against the allied front on the somme battlefield. Lewis milestones all quiet on the western front 1930 had been fiercely pacifistic, and g. Eitschriftforhistorischeildung c 21234 issn 0940 4163 ee heft 32008 militargeschichte im bild. The fifth and final german offensive came to a halt. The germans had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the allies before the united states could. In 1910, pabst traveled to the united states, where he worked as an actor and director at. The offensive is known as the kaiserschlacht or the kaisers battle. Westfront 1918, however, is the more pessimistic of the two, delving into the german homefront in scenes that paint a picture of a corrupt, bitter society which is in serious economic disrepair.
In the final moments of world war i, a platoon of french soldiers is sent off on a dangerous and ultimately pointless mission. The film makes clear the difference between propaganda and the actual, brutality of war. While growing up in vienna, he studied drama at the academy of decorative arts and initially began his career as a stage actor in switzerland, austria and germany. They both tell the story of the german soldier in wwi, the movies both excel in showing the destruction and futility of warfare, and they both were even released in the same year. French counterattack at the marne, the battle of amiens, the second battle of the somme, advance to the hindenburg line. In early 1918 the german army achieved a substantial manpower advantage on the western front by transferring 50 divisions from the eastern front following russias surrender in december 1917.
Osterreichs alpenjager im kampf westfront history da download pdf. A group of german infantrymen of the first world war live out. Like the contemporary hollywood production all quiet on the western front, pabsts film is a bitter, melancholy antiwar statement. Westfront 1918comrades of 1918 1930 germany 96 mins source. We must strike at the earliest moment before the americans can throw. Though westfront 1918 s plot lacks the conventional pacing of the similar american production all quiet on the western front, its narrative is thoroughly modernist as a breakdown of coherence and.
Digging into the trenches with four infantrymen stationed in france in the final months of world war i, pabst illustrates the harrowing ordeals of battle with unprecedented naturalism, as the men are worn away in body. The image in the lower right isheld within a black border. The german spring offensives, 1918 inflicting brutal damage. The 1918 spring offensive, or kaiserschlacht kaisers battle, also known as the ludendorff offensive, was a series of german attacks along the western. It was found then that this film undermined the peoples will for defense, and endangered crucial interests of the state. Westfront 1918 is a german war film, set mostly in the trenches of the western front during world war i. The story concentrates on four german soldiers, sent to the front in the waning.
Apr 17, 2015 in the spring of 1918, luderndorff ordered a massive german attack on the western front. Jan 05, 2015 make an animated explainer video for free at. Whereas much early sound cinema is extremely stagebound and inert, pabst uses camera and blocking in the same maximally expressive manner he did in his silents, only w sound. Pabst put a strong pacifist statement on the screen which was not liked by many at the time, and was banned immediately when the national socialist dictatorship seized power three years after the films release. The title is separate and positioned along the top edge, in brown. These were powerful effects from a powerful film so much so, in fact, that in 1933.
Westfront 1918 1930 criterion collection 1080p bluray avc lpcm 1. Over the course of the assaults, they had lost over a million men killed, captured, or wounded, and inflicted similar losses on the allies. The 1918 spring offensive, or kaiserschlacht kaisers battle, also known as the ludendorff offensive, was a series of german attacks along the western front during the first world war, beginning on 21 march 1918. An early talkie detailing the horrors of trench warfare. Westfront 1918 is a 1930 german war film directed by georg wilhelm pabst. The german spring offensive of 1918 history learning site. The forgotten master of german cinema although he was actually born in austriahungary and his birthplace is now part of the czech republic, g. With fritz kampers, gustav diessl, hansjoachim mobis, claus clausen. Boek maken downloaden als pdf printvriendelijke versie.
Now you create your own explainer videos and animated presentations for free. The text is partially integrated andpositioned across the whole, in brown and black. It has an ensemble cast led by screen veterans fritz kampers and gustav diessl. Westfront 1918 1930 ganzer film deutsch hd filme online. Westfront 1918 aka comrades of 1918 was the first talkie effort from german filmmaker g. The value of these defences was subsequently proved during the enemy offensive towards the end of march. The insanity of trench warfare as viewed from the german perspective in 1918. In doing so, the germans had spent the last of their resources, while american troops and steel were pouring in. Official histories of ww1 the general staff archives.
First battles of the somme, 1918 second battle of picardy kaiserschlacht 21mar1918 05apr1918. The october revolution and the subsequent disintegration of the russian army would allow the germans to concentrate their fighting forces on the western front. In 1930, during the closing days of the weimar republic, g. Multi westfront 1918 1930 criterion collection 1080p blu. Westfront, deutscher panzer in roye deutscher sturmwagen in roye i. A new york times reporter at the screening called the picture the most vivid argument yet contrived against war. As film historian robert keser has put it, these sequences illustrates that the homefront offers no escape from the anxieties of the front lines. For documentary purposes the german federal archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
Pershing, dessen nachfolger ab oktober 1918 general hunter ligett wurde. The bavarian sees the war primarily as an adventure. Westfront 1918 is a german film, set mostly in the trenches of the western front during world war i. Pabst, which he made for nero films, a production company headed up by seymour nebenzahl. The germans had realised that their only remaining chance of victory was to defeat the allies before the united states could fully deploy their resources. Pabst was born in raudnitz, bohemia, austriahungary todays roudnice nad labem, czech republic, the son of a railroad official. Pabst directed westfront, a blistering and bitter antiwar film set in the last year of the great war.
German 1918 spring offensives map nzhistory, new zealand. The german spring offensive of 1918 at the end of 1917 the german high command found itself in a particularly favourable situation. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the. A book or a speech are cold, dead things beside it. German offensive 1918 the western front great war forum. Apr 18, 2018 german offensive 1918 remembered today. Germanys 1918 offensives on the western front an aerial observer or pilot in flight helmet and overcoat reports to a german general and his staff at a divisions combat headquarters on march 21, 1918, the first day of operation michael, germanys spring offensive, the first of five german drives in 1918. Jan 28, 2009 from december 1917 to march 1918,the battalion,except for a short period in the end of january and beginning of february,constructed the major part of the defences in the louveralboursiesdemicourt sector. Lemo kapitel erster weltkrieg fruhjahrsoffensive 1918. Westfront 1918 1930 stream deutsch, westfront 1918 1930 online anschauen, westfront 1918 1930 kostenlos online sehen.
Westfront 1918 1930 at its berlin premiere on may 23, 1930, some moviegoers supposedly found westfront 1918 s realism so shocking that they fainted in their seats. Media in category westfront 1918 the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Westfront 1918, made in germany in 1930, is one of the first films to challenge what governments wanted the populace to know about war. Stosstrupp 1917 shock troop 1917 is the story of the steel hurricane known as the great war, told from the german perspective. Pabst brought the war movie into a new era with his first sound film, a mercilessly realistic depiction of the nightmare that scarred a generation, in germany and beyond. Westfront 1918 will immediately remind most viewers of all quiet on the western front. On 21 march the germans launched a massive offensive with the goal of ending the war before the american expeditionary force could be fully deployed. By hazelclark, 18 april, 2018 in the western front. With 500,000 troops added to germanys strength from the russian front, luderndorff was confident of success. To understand stosstrupp 1917, it is first necessary to mention westfront 1918, the movie that this one was largely made to refute. Affable groping overcomes the language barrier between the teutonic infantrymen and a local maiden in an outpost in france until war intrudes, most pas galant. Gustav diessl, hansjoachim moebis, hanna hoessrich synopsis.
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