Deutsche film-kunst 1942-1943 Erste Staffel.

Deutsche film-kunst 1942-1943 Erste Staffel.
Berlin, 1943. - 88 c. Publishing cover, tricolor, album format (21 x 29.5 cm). The cover is worn out, has tears, losses, including on the spine; the pages are in excellent condition.

Announcement of films of the Third Reich of the largest German film companies (Bavaria, Terra, UFA, etc.), released in 1942-1943.

[As a result of criticism of Goebbels by Hitler and Rosenberg, he launched a number of overtly propaganda films. The euthanasia-justifying film I accuse (1941), the anti — British Uncle Kruger (1941), the Pro-Irish Fox of Glenarvon (1940) and My life for Ireland (1941), the anti-Semitic films the Rothschilds (1940) and the Jew Suess (1940), and, finally, the call for perseverance "Kolberg" (1945) - all these were "verified in detail" government orders. But these productions, as well as the current war films "Stukas" (1941) and "Submarines to the West" (1941), continued to remain an exception. In the 1942/43 production year, out of 60 films launched, there was only one military film - " the Dora Crew "(1943) and one historical film about the" great German " — " Paracelsus "(1943), as well as two Harlan films imbued with the ideology of"blood and soil". Other productions were comedies, operettas, family or love dramas, detective stories, etc. "And if Joseph Goebbels was asked about the best German films, he did not call "the Lord" or "the Great king", but" the Blue angel "and" If we were all angels", " writes his biographer Helmut Khyber.

On the other hand, the situation was compensated by carefully prepared newsreels, which, after harsh criticism of the Fuhrer himself, from 1940 began to be published centrally under the name "Die Deutsche Wochenschau" and was stuffed with propaganda. Propaganda companies were formed in the Wehrmacht. The cameramen who served in them were supposed to film military events. The length of the newsreel issue reached 1 hour.

After the German surrender in 1945, the allies confiscated all copies of German films made since 1933. As a result of a cursory inspection, which was more concerned with the regime symbols depicted than with psychological impact, they were either allowed to display again without notes (category A), with notes (category B), or banned (category C).

Category C included 219 films that, in the opinion of the allies, glorified Nazi ideology, militarism or the Wehrmacht, distorted history, offended religious feelings, aroused feelings of revenge or contempt for the allies. It also included some films made before 1933-often, for example, because of the suspicious title ("in the secret service" or "the Last company"). Over time, this list was reduced due to commercial interests, as many producers wanted to show them again in theaters. After the self-control of the German film industry was established in 1949 and censorship again passed into German hands, many films were reviewed and re-evaluated.

To date, the list remains about 40 "films for limited screening". This wording was coined by the self-monitoring Commission, since in fact access to films was never completely banned. For a fee, they can be viewed in the viewing hall of the self-monitoring Commission in Wiesbaden. everyone can order them for viewing, but not everyone can get them (for example, right-wing organizers), and the display requires an introductory speech and subsequent discussion.

In the list are still standing the movie "Jew Suss" and "the Eternal Jew". According to the verdict of the Federal Supreme court in 1963, "Jew Suess" is " hostile to the Constitution, inciting ethnic hatred and insulting to Jews."

The list also includes comedies ("Venus before the court"), criminal dramas ("Counterfeiters"), historical panoramas ("the Lord"), pamphlets against the Weimar Republic ("Togger"), anti-British ("Uncle Kruger"), anti-Polish ("Homecoming"), anti-Soviet films ("GPU"). However, the list does not include any films by Leni Riefenstahl. In the mid-1990s, a special Commission removed the films "concert by request", "Great love", "Dawn", " Attention! The enemy is listening!"

Recently, there has been a discussion about removing restrictions on showing the remaining films in the list.]