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• Title: Shooting on the Home Front (German Propaganda Movies, WWII).
• Author : Queen's Quarterly
• Release Date : January 22, 1996
• Genre: Performing Arts,Books,Arts & Entertainment,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 170 KB

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IN the history of cinema, there is probably no stranger epic than the making of Veit Harlan's film Kolberg (1941-45). Loosely based on the tale of a German town besieged by Napoleon in 1807, the film was intended to rival Gone With the Wind, which it certainly did in terms of expense. Filming involved some 187,000 people, 6,000 horses, and 10,000 costumes. Troops were requisitioned to serve as extras, and trains were commandeered to provide the film crew with 100 cars of salt, which was spread over the countryside to suggest snow. At the same time, the German empire was crumbling, and Germany itself was being overrun by invaders. The film had to be parachuted into the town selected for its premiere, because Allied forces had already encircled it. Reading about the Nazis' frantic efforts to complete Kolberg in the midst of disaster, one can almost get the impression that the real point of the Third Reich was the making of a movie. The Reich was also enthusiastic about architecture and painting, but while many Nazi buildings have been destroyed, and the regime's favourite paintings have vanished from sight, the films made during Hitler's 12-year reign are still in circulation. They turn up regularly on German television, and were on view in several North American cities last winter, during a touring exhibition called The Ministry of Illusion.

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