Kolberg: The Restored 1945 Epic Directed by Veit Harlan (DVD)

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Kolberg is a 1945 Nazi propaganda historical film written and directed by Veit Harlan. One of the last films of the Third Reich, it was intended to bolster the will of the German population to resist the Allies. In the May elections of 1933, the Nazi Party received by far the most votes, 9,842 out of 19,607 cast votes. [47] Marcin Dunin (1774–1842) archbishop of Poznań and Gniezno, primate of Poland. Imprisoned in the fortress in the city [42] SKK Kotwica Kołobrzeg – basketball club, which in the 2000s and 2010s competed in the Polish Basketball League, country's top flight

Joachim Schroth: Geschichte als Legitimationsstrategie oder die Frage nach der Tradition des Durchhaltefilmes. Eine Analyse von drei Historienfilmen aus geschichtskultureller Perspektive. LIT, Berlin/Münster 2016, ISBN 978-3-643-13409-7. Former Red Army Gen. Andrei Vlasov had deserted to the Wehrmacht after his capture in the Soviet-German War, and raised an army of volunteers later called "the Vlasov Army" to fight for the Reich, but Hitler always mistrusted them, fearing that they---like Napoleon's German troops in 1812 in Russia---would turn on the Nazis, and so didn't use them. After the war, the members were virtually all turned over by the Western Allies to Stalin and tried as traitors to the USSR, which they were. Michael Müller-Wille, Rom und Byzanz im Norden: Mission und Glaubenswechsel im Ostseeraum während des 8.-14. Jahrhunderts: internationale Fachkonferenz der deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Verbindung mit der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz: Kiel, 18.-25. 9. 1994, 1997, p.105, ISBN 3-515-07498-8, ISBN 978-3-515-07498-8 The Soviet East Pomeranian Offensive, commencing on 24 February 1945 managed to cut off and surround the city and its defenders (mostly from the German Army Group Vistula). The first commander of Festung Kolberg was an elderly officer, General Paul Herrmann [ de], but due to illness he was transferred in February to a less demanding post. The command was taken by Colonel Gerhard Troschel. After 1 March the city was under the command of a former Afrika Korps officer, Colonel Fritz Fullriede.Jewish community before 1989 Kołobrzeg". Museum of the History of Polish Jews . Retrieved 1 December 2012. Hitler evaded responsibility for his actions by committing suicide. Gobbels followed suit. On Apr. 17, 1945, a few days before his death, he told his colleagues at the Propaganda Ministry: 'Gentleman, in a hundred years' time, they will be showing a fine color film of the terrible days we are living through. Wouldn't you like to play a part in that film? Hold out now, so that a hundred years hence the audience will not hoot and whistle when you appear on the screen.'...

My own view of the film is that it is a good, engaging, and interesting look at a little-known aspect of the Napoleonic Wars, as well as a fascinating sidelight on the Second World War and the fall of the Third Reich. The battle scenes---particularly of the bombardment of Kolberg---are very effective. The love story between Schill and Maria is also believable. See the DVD and judge for yourself. One hopes that the foregoing will add not only to your understanding of this movie, but also to your enjoyment. As Gobbels' answer to Gone With the Wind, it is worthwhile in and of itself. I highly recommend it.

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After the battle the city for several weeks was under Soviet administration, the Germans that had not yet fled were expelled and the city was plundered by the Soviet troops. [18] Freed Polish forced laborers remained and were joined by Polish railwaymen from Warsaw destroyed by the Germans. [18] Notable people [ edit ] Monument of Marcin Dunin, 19th-century primate of Poland, in Kołobrzeg Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel who spied for NATO during the Cold War.

The film recounts the defence of the besieged fortress town of Kolberg against French troops between April and July 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. In fact, the city's defence, led by then- Lieutenant Colonel August von Gneisenau, held out until the war was ended by the Treaty of Tilsit. But the film portrays the French abandoning the siege. Light-hearted and entertaining films were screened most often. “Clearly, in the last years of the war, the objectives were oriented more towards the ‘entertaining’ film. That was different in the 1930s,” says Rother. “After the war began and until about 1942, there was a real boom in propaganda films,” he notes. As soon as the war situation changed for the worse, such films were “assessed as counterproductive and redirected: That means that relatively few propaganda films were commissioned or produced, and there was a much greater emphasis on the entertainment genre.” Kolberg was often shown in the last weeks of the war, both at the front and in local cinemas to encourage the population to resist the allies. Liczba dni z pokrywą śnieżna > 0 cm". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022 . Retrieved 11 February 2022.Paul Heyse: Kolberg. Historisches Schauspiel in 5 Akten. 446.–450. Tausend. Cotta, Stuttgart 1935. [10] ADIPS Sp. z o.o. "DICT – English Polish Dictionary". Dict.pl. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012 . Retrieved 8 July 2009. States the box liner notes, "One of the Third Reich's most ambitious spectaculars, three years in the making, Kolberg mobilized Germany's most talented artists and thousands of extras to recreate the true story of a Prussian town's rebellion against Napoleon's army of occupation. Laced with anti-Christian symbolism and National Socialist ideology, the film is a mirror of Hitler Germany's own war for survival. Kristina Söderbaum, the director's wife, was cast as Maria, a farmer's daughter and one of the lead roles in the film. [4]

The battle scenes populated with extras who were thanking whatever Gods they worshiped that they were not in the real war only miles away are staged brilliantly. The message of Kolberg is resistance and none of the other Nazi prejudices made its way into the film. Leiser rejoins his narrative: "The leading characters in Kolberg have historical names, and the film's prologue assures us that the story is based on 'historical fact.' The most important parts of the story, however, are wholly invented. In the film, the siege of Kolberg comes to a halt because the beleaguered town's stubborn resistance leads to a quarrel between the French generals. One of them wants to take the town at any price, which would earn him the title of 'Duke of Kolberg;" the other is anxious to stop the senseless bloodshed. With the Soviet forces approaching in 1945, valuable equipment, most of the inhabitants, and tens of thousands of refugees from surrounding areas (about 70,000), as well as 40,000 German soldiers were evacuated from the besieged city by German naval forces in Operation Hannibal. Only about 2,000 soldiers were left on 17 March to cover the last sea transports.The expenditure lavished on Kolberg assumed grotesque proportions. Veit Harlan had more troops at his disposal for his war games than did both sides put together during the actual battle for Kolberg (!). In spite of the enormous supply problems, no expense was spared as far as Kolberg was concerned. Press reports on the shooting were vetoed---the enormous amounts spent on the film might well have provoked a public reaction.