Second World War films from a German perspective

[purplex]

What are the good ones. Ive seen Das Boot. Any others worth watching?

 

[agricola]

You could try the extremely bloody Stalingrad, and of course there is the somewhat disturbing but still great Downfall. Other than that, I dont know of that many.

 

[Bakunin]

Cross Of Iron.

You cannot consider your viewing from the German perspective complete without seeing it.

 

[DaRealSpoon]

Das Boot

But its like 5 hours long

Good though

 

[DaRealSpoon]

D'oh !!!!!

 

[butchersapron]

What does the OP wants? German films or allied films that pretend to have an axis viewpoint?

 

[rekil]

Edelweiss Pirates. V.good fillum.

 

[butchersapron]

It's rubbish plot less nonsense.

There is is a good film in that millieux, that's not it.

 

[yield]

metafilter suggests Volker Schlöndorff's The Ogre and The Tin Drum.

 

[rekil]

I like rubbish plotless nonsense.

 

[agricola]

What does the OP wants? German films or allied films that pretend to have an axis viewpoint?

Is this the start of a troll where you end up promoting Triumph of the Will, Butchers?

 

[butchersapron]

I've never trolled anywhere, and certainly not an info request on the film forum. People often Triumph of the Will, i think all rthe gkort is due to the editor and the cinematographor.

'Director' is the last great theft of the 20th century

 

[rekil]

Is Die Brucke any good?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052654/

 

[butchersapron]

Brilliant film, if you can get it with decent english subs.

 

[frogwoman]

The film about Sophie Scholl (forget what its called now) made a few years ago is really good.

 

[butchersapron]

(i go bed now, answer any further questions morrow)

 

[London_Calling]

I'm not sure defeated peoples make an awful lot of films about that defeat - slight problem with attracting domestic audiences.

Das Boot was a human drama, iirc.

 

[butchersapron]

They make loads of films (if they physcially can) aboput that defeat - where did italian neo-realism spring from?

 

[Fuchs66]

metafilter suggests Volker Schlöndorff's The Ogre, The Tin Drum.

Not seen The Ogre but The Tin Drum is good

Is Die Brucke any good?

Excellent film

 

[London_Calling]

They make loads of films (if they physcially can) aboput that defeat - where did italian neo-realism spring from?

I dunno, presumably that significant part of Italian society that never supported the fascists nor the alliance with Germany.

 

[DaveCinzano]

The film about Sophie Scholl (forget what its called now) made a few years ago is really good.

There's a quotation I was tempted to air here, but I held back.

Sophie Scholl (aka Sophie Scholl: Die Letzen Tage)

 

[DaveCinzano]

Some of the first Heimat deals with the German home front.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Heimat which is an Edgar Reitz film. Bloody long though, I think it's a trilogy. More than just WWII,though that makes up a big chunk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimat_(film)

 

[butchersapron]

I dunno, presumably that significant part of Italian society that never supported the fascists nor the alliance with Germany.

Not at all even Rossellini had made films for the fascist film industry. The point is though, that films were made about that defeat and what it entailed for italian society. Military defeat didn't stop filsm being made.

 

[butchersapron]

Heimat has the war almost as incidental, as an annoying intrusion. A brave choice IMO

 

[DaveCinzano]

How about Swing Kids?

 

[butchersapron]

It's rubbish - not as bad as edelweiss pirates but rubbish still.

 

[London_Calling]

Not at all even Rossellini had made films for the fascist film industry. The point is though, that films were made about that defeat and what it entailed for italian society. Military defeat didn't stop filsm being made.

okay, interesting.

Of course, Italy wasn't occupied and defined in quite the same way was Germany and Japan. Not quite the same guilt either, nor denial.

Interesting topic.

 

[Sadken]

Downfall is, sort of. From the secretary's (sp?) view.

 

[Leica]

Anonyma - A Woman in Berlin

based on an anonymous diary (A Woman in Berlin)