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1936 Winter Olympics: Kampf um Brot: Ulrich Kayser: documentary: Kaufmann, nicht Händler: Ernst Kochel: partly animated Documentary: propaganda film Available online here: Kopfjäger von Borneo: Baron Victor von Plessen: Documentary: Headhunters of Borneo; German-Dutch co-production Lebende Werkzeuge: Hans Wilhelm: documentary: Mädel im ...
Novelist and sports writer Budd Schulberg, assigned by the U.S. Navy to the OSS for intelligence work while attached to John Ford's documentary unit, was ordered to arrest Riefenstahl at her chalet in Kitzbühel, ostensibly to have her identify Nazi war criminals in German film footage captured by the Allied troops shortly after the war. [69]
While not as highly regarded as films of the preceding Weimar Republic era, [citation needed] the films of Nazi Germany, mainly made under control of Joseph Goebbels, hold a fascination for many, [citation needed] both as historical documents of one of the most important periods of 20th century history, as well as for their own artistic merit.
Documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. 22 December 1938: Pour le Mérite: Pour le Mérite: 121 min: War film: Karl Ritter: Paul Hartmann Herbert A.E. Böhme Albert Hehn: 8 March 1939: Aufruhr in Damaskus: Uproar in Damascus: 103 min: Thriller film: Otto Lehmann: Gustav Ucicky: Brigitte Horney ...
The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ]
8 May - Oswald Spengler, German historian (born 1880) [10] 22 May - Joseph Koeth, German politician (born 1870) 3 June – Walther Wever, German general, pre-World War II Luftwaffe commander (born 1887) 22 June –Moritz Schlick, German philosopher and physicist (born 1882) 24 July - Georg Michaelis, German politician, former chancellor of ...
A quantitative comparison of the percentage of German movies screened vs. foreign movies screened shows the following numbers: in the last year of the Weimar Republic the percentage of German movies was 62%; by 1939 it had risen to 77% while the number of cinema visits increased by the factor 2.5 from 1933 to 1939.
In the Spanish Civil War, the Nationalists (the rebel side) are supported by Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, and a small number of internaxxxtional rightist volunteers. The Republicans (government side) are supported by Stalin's Soviet Union and a large number of leftist volunteers, the International Brigades.