The THIRD REICH In Color
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Movie Reviews of The THIRD REICH In Color
Movie Review: Good quality, new material
Summary: 4 Stars
This DVD contains some interesting and new color material from the Nazi era. Initially I was skeptical in purchasing this, and assumed it would just trot out the same old Eva Braun home movies we've seen a million times. But wait... there is actually new film here, some of it recently discovered and airing here for the first time. Much of it was taken by soldiers at the front. There is some especially interesting footage taken during Barbarossa in the Russian campaign. There are also segments taken on the Western front in the 1940 campaign which have only recently been unearthed. Seeing these things in color makes everything appear more immediate and contemporary.A small weakness is that there is not much actual color footage included of Hitler, Goebbels, Goering or the other Nazi henchman. They spend an inordinate time on a 1939 exhibition at Munich's Haus der Deutschen Kunst, where Hitler and the gang arrives and sits on a dais, watching a Wagernian-motive parade. There's also some nice scenes of a Bueckeburg farm fesitival in 1936, with Hitler walking up a hill with a limping Goebbels at his side. This has been seen before, however, most notably in the British production from 1972, "The World at War." Another weakness is the narration, which doesn't provide much actual information and doesn't tell the viewer what year the footage was made.
I recommend this film which will intrigue most people interested in WWII or the Third Reich.
Movie Review: Fascinating Exploration of Propaganda AND Remarkable Footage
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, buy this DVD. It is filled with very rare footage, all of it fascinating. But when you receive it watch it first without sound. Engage the faces, scenery, architecture et cetera on your own terms with your own mind. Then watch it again with the soundtrack and witness a mere taste of anti-German propaganda that dominates any documentary concerning the Third Reich or Germany in general. The British narrator paints evil onto even the most charming and innocent aspects of German life while a terribly cliche musical score makes you feel as if you are watching a B horror movie. Eva Braun in German folk dress smiling on a beautiful day at the Berghof and even two German gentlemen on a stroll through the gorgeous Bavarian countryside are shown over "walking down a scary hallway in a haunted house" music. It is quite ridiculous and would be funny if it weren't so destructive, commonplace and pathetically transparent. So, as I said, a very worthwhile DVD to have in your collection for the amazing footage but put on your free-thinking cap before you watch it. Perhaps watch to it with the sound down while listening to this on your stereo: Johann Strauss: Walzer & Polkas [Germany].Movie Review: This Edition,from acculated individual color movie camera And from GovernmetPropagada Material- Give us Segmenal but Fresh News!
Summary: 4 Stars
Recentlly Germany "Spieiegel" released Colored
German lifes in Pre-War and during WW11.
We can see the Clasic Govrnment Propaganda oriented many
similar Official Celebrities with German Military Marches.
But it also give us fresh,new pre-war german folks beautiful
times including their leisures by amateure Photographers.
They mainly aimed pictures of Early Victorious Operation
"Barbarosa" with segmental Western Front.
my raising one question is why these filims are released this
times?.I also point out the who is leading this films including
Narrations. Occasioally ,I could hear beautiful music their
Folk's musics !
Movie Review: Worth the money, good addition to any collection.
Summary: 4 Stars
The color film from the 1930's is of surprisingly good quality and the segments showing life in Germany at this time are quite interesting. An added bonus in the Special Features is a short promotional for Berlin from 1936 - in preparation for the summer Olympics held there that year. Beautiful. War related footage is good and most I had not seen before in 20+ years of collecting color video from WWII. The minus, in my opinion, is the mournful, tragic tone of the British narration and funereal-sounding background music which cycles maddeningly over and over. Subtly insulting to anyone who is knowledgeable about this period in history.Movie Review: Interesting glimpse into history
Summary: 3 Stars
This film is largely a vignette, in the style of home movies, of scenes in the lives of Germans during the Nazi period. It is a remarkable glimpse into the past. You see an ordinary, generally good natured people doing ordinary things. Yet in the background you see the pervasive organizing principle of the Nazi movement: the swastika is everywhere, the uniforms, the marches, the rallies. You sense the Germans willingly put all their eggs in Hitler's basket and he was the Fuehrer, for better or worse.
I'm grateful for the unguarded candid glimpses into the past. Some are awesome. Some are awful. It's a great movie if you are interested in the period.