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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.
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May 1, 2019 · Remastered in HD with Switchable English or Spanish Subtitles. Filmed over late 1943 and 1944, Kolberg drew upon the historical resistance of East Prussian townsmen against Napoleon in 1807 in arguing its case for total war against the Allies.
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Burning Hearts: Directed by Veit Harlan, Wolfgang Liebeneiner. With Heinrich George, Kristina Söderbaum, Horst Caspar, Gustav Diessl. During Napoleon's German campaign, the city of Kolberg is isolated from Prussian forces.
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Kolberg, which was filmed in vivid Agfacolor, was produced late in the war to shore up the wilting spirits of ordinary Germans. Goebbels, with the help of director Veit Harlan, planned the movie as far back as 1943 to be a sort of National Socialists’ answer to Gone With the Wind. The star-studded epic follows the trials and tribulations of Joachim...
The scope of Kolberg was staggering. Berlin poured the scandalous sum of 8.5 million RM (the modern equivalent of about $30 million) into this Heaven’s Gate of a movie. Seemingly no expense was spared in the production either. As many as 50,000 German soldiers were pulled from active duty to flesh out the film’s panoramic battle sequences, while ah...
Ironically, following the film’s premiere, the real city of Kolberg was overrun by the Red Army. Many of its buildings were flattened in the savage fighting. What was left of the town was stripped from Germany following the Potsdam Conference and handed over to Poland. Today, it’s known as Kołobrzeg.
Kolberg vanished into obscurity with the downfall of National Socialism. It reemerged in the decades following the war as a historical curiosity. A 50th anniversary reissue in 1995 was accompanied by a documentary. The movie is now the property of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation, a non profit heritage film preservation agency operated by th...
Overview. During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the city to massive bombardments.
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Kolberg is a 1945 historical epic film made in Nazi Germany, directed by Veit Harlan. It centers around the 1807 siege of the East Prussian town of Kolberg note during the War of the Fourth Coalition, part of The Napoleonic Wars. France has just won a crushing victory against the army of Prussia at the battle of Jena, October 14, 1806.
