5.67
Kolberg

Kolberg

Original title
Kolberg
Year
1945
Gender
Drama , Romance , War
Director
Veit Harlan
Country
Germany
Details
111 minutes / colored / sound

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. "Kolberg" is a unique document showing a well-oiled propaganda machine collapsing in the face of its immanent demise. It achieves the opposite of its intent. The stolid face at the end of the film with the proto-Nazi flag as a backdrop is supposed to convey a sense of determined conviction but there's fear in those eyes.

Written by allbestmovies

No comments here yet.