| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical monaural rda |
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widescreen 1.37:1 rda |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD region 1 rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, Aspect ratio, 1.37:1 presentation, monaural. |
| Language |
German audio; English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. |
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Special features: New 2K digital restoriation; New interview with writer Gregor Dorfmeister with filmmaker Volker Schlondorff with director Bernhard Wicki; Excerpt from a 2007 documentary by Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss; Plus, an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty. |
| Summary |
The first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War II, as well as the nation's first postwar film to be widely shown internationally, even securing an Oscar nomination. Set near the end of the war, it follows a group of teenage boys in a small town as they contend with everyday matters like school, girls, and parents, before enlisting as soldiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battle. |
| Credits |
Director, Bernhard Wicki. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Teenage soldiers -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Genre |
Foreign films, German.
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Feature films Germany.
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| Added Author |
Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000, director.
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Bohnet, Folkerm, actor.
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Wepper, Fritz, actor.
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Hinz, Michael, actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1681430126 |
| Standard No. |
715515149419 |
| Music No. |
11311386 |
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CC2500DVD Criterion Collection |
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