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KAMERADSCHAFT (1931) *with switchable English subtitles*

Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers and Ernst Busch, Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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$13.99

Auch nach Ende der Ersten Weltkriegs ist das Klima an der deutsch-französischen Grenze von Feindseligkeit und Ressentiments geprägt. Trotzdem eilen die deutschen Bergarbeiter zu Hilfe, als sich auf französischer Seite ein Grubenunglück ereignet. Der Steiger Wilderer, der am Tag zuvor von einer Französin bei einem Tanzvergnügen einen Korb bekommen hatte, beschließt ebenfalls zu helfen. Wilderer und zwei Kollegen dringen durch einen Verbindungsstollen auf die französische Seite vor, wobei sie das Gitter einreißen, das seit dem Krieg die Grenze markiert. Durch einen Wassereinbruch geraten die Retter in Lebensgefahr, doch am Ende werden auch sie – zusammen mit zwei französischen Kollegen – geborgen.

Based on an actual, similar event which took place in 1906, the screenwriters for this movie changed the time frame to right after the First World War, so as to emphasize the inbred emnity between the French and the Germans and the stupidity inherent in blind hate.  It is the early 1920s and the place is a border town where the main occupation for both Frenchmen and Germans alike is coal mining.  An explosion takes place on the French side of a mine shared by both countries and over 600 miners are trapped alive. Rescuers in France are on the way, but German specialists are actually closer and capable of saving the trapped miners.  Will the Germans be able to overcome their resentment of the Versailles Diktat and the Ruhr occupation to help their former enemies?  Will the French be able to put aside their memories of the Germans laying waste to their land to let the Germans help?

Approximately 86 minutes long; excellent quality film.

Region Free  (can be played in all DVD players).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH  SWITCHABLE ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SWITCHABLE (SOFT) SUBTITLES WILL NOT SHOW UP WHEN VIEWING THE SAMPLE BELOW.  IF YOU SEE SUBTITLES, THEN THEY ARE HARD-ENCODED (meaning, they cannot be turned off when viewing the film):

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kameradschaft (1931), 1/28/2016 4:35 PM
From: Guest
just watched it this week...... picture quality is very good... the acting is superb....held my attention from beginning to the exciting end.... g. w. pabst never made a better film....... an anti-war film that is as relevent today as when it was made in the thirties..... miners trapped below after an explosion.... will they survive or perish ???? only thru german and french teams working together... they finaly do and lives ae saved.... not destroyed thru predjudice and stupidly on both sides....
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