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Kameradschaft
Uniform Title
Kameradschaft (Motion picture)
Title
Kameradschaft / directed by G.W. Pabst ; screenplay by Ladislaus Vajda, Peter Martin Lempel, Herbert Rappaport, Karl Otten, Anna Gmeyner ; produced by Seymour Nebenzal.
ISBN
9781681433967
1681433966
0715515209410
9780715515204
0715515209
Edition
DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. + 1 booklet (24 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm)
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Notes
Film lacks title screen and credits. Title and statement of responsibility from accompanying booklet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
2K digital restoration.
Full screen (1.19:1).
Special features: New interview with film scholar Hermann Barth on the film's production; 1988 interview with Jean Oser, featuring footage from the French version of the film; 2016 interview with film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak on the historical context of the film.
Booklet contains an essay, "War is over (if you want it)" by Luc Sante and an essay, "Courrières" by Karl Otten.
Director of photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editor, Jean Oser ; music, G. von Rigelius.
German or French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
Set in 1919 but based on a real incident from 1906. A coal mine collapses on the frontier between Germany and France, trapping a team of French miners inside. Workers on both sides of the border spring into action, putting aside national prejudices and wartime grudges to launch a dangerous rescue operation.
Variant and related titles
Also known as: Comradeship
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
German; French
Added to Catalog
February 15, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 908
Credits
Director of photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editor, Jean Oser ; music, G. von Rigelius.
Cast
Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Daniel Mendaille, Ernst Busch, Elisabeth Wendt, Gustav Püttjer, Oskar Höcker, Héléna Manson, Andrée Ducret, Alex Bernard, Pierre-Louis, Georges Charlia, Georges Tourreil, Marcel Lesieur, Marguerite Debos, Fritz Wendhausen.
System details note
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 4:3 full screen (1.19:1); Dolby digital mono.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC2846D The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Action and adventure films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign language films - German.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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