Release Date: January 30, 2018
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Kameradschaft (1931)
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writer: Ladislaus Vajda
Starring: Alexander Granach, Ernst Busch, Gustav Püttjer, Oskar Höcker, Daniel Mendaille
When a coal mine collapses on the frontier between Germany and France, trapping a team of French miners inside, workers on both sides of the border spring into action, putting aside national prejudices and wartime grudges to launch a dangerous rescue operation. Director G. W. Pabst brings a claustrophobic realism to this ticking-clock scenario, using realistic sets and sound design to create the maze of soot-choked shafts where the miners struggle for survival. A gripping disaster film and a stirring plea for international cooperation, Kameradschaft cemented Pabst’s status as one of the most morally engaged and formally dexterous filmmakers of his time.
Prices & Links:
Criterion - $31.96
Amazon - $39.95
Kameradschaft (1931)
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writer: Ladislaus Vajda
Starring: Alexander Granach, Ernst Busch, Gustav Püttjer, Oskar Höcker, Daniel Mendaille
- Germany
- 1931
- 88 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.19:1
- German
- Spine #908
When a coal mine collapses on the frontier between Germany and France, trapping a team of French miners inside, workers on both sides of the border spring into action, putting aside national prejudices and wartime grudges to launch a dangerous rescue operation. Director G. W. Pabst brings a claustrophobic realism to this ticking-clock scenario, using realistic sets and sound design to create the maze of soot-choked shafts where the miners struggle for survival. A gripping disaster film and a stirring plea for international cooperation, Kameradschaft cemented Pabst’s status as one of the most morally engaged and formally dexterous filmmakers of his time.
- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New interview with German film scholar Hermann Barth on the film’s production
- 1988 interview with editor Jean Oser
- 2016 interview with film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak on the historical context of the film
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by author and critic Luc Sante
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