Kolberg: The Restored 1945 Epic Directed by Veit Harlan (DVD)

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Michael Müller-Wille, Rom und Byzanz im Norden: Mission und Glaubenswechsel im Ostseeraum während des 8.-14. Jahrhunderts: internationale Fachkonferenz der deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Verbindung mit der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz: Kiel, 18.-25. 9. 1994, 1997, p.105, ISBN 3-515-07498-8, ISBN 978-3-515-07498-8 As the Red Army marched into Guben and Babelsberg, work was still being done on the editing of the second negative. In Breslau, and Danzig, the film was sent into action, as it were; it was shown to the fighting units and the people of the beleaguered cities. Goring, Himmler, Donitz, and Guderian were given copies. The Volkischer Beobachter/People's Observor correspondent saw the film's version of Kolberg in 1807 'As if it were part of ourselves,' referring to 'its uncanny relevance to our times,' but the catastrophe could not be halted by the film. Kolberg is a 1945 Nazi propaganda historical film written and directed by Veit Harlan. One of the last films of the Third Reich, it was intended to bolster the will of the German population to resist the Allies. a b c d Winfried Schich, Ralf Gebuhr, Peter Neumeister, Wirtschaft und Kulturlandschaft: Gesammelte Beiträge 1977 bis 1999 zur Geschichte der Zisterzienser und der " Germania Slavica", BWV Verlag, 2007, p.280, ISBN 3-8305-0378-4

Goebbels began planning for Kolberg in 1941, and the film entered production in 1943. On 1 June 1943 Goebbels hired Veit Harlan, the director of Jud Süß. [4] It was made in Agfacolor and cost 7.6 millionℛ︁ℳ︁, not 8.5 millionℛ︁ℳ︁ as is often stated. [1] Later that same day, Dr. Gobbels added that, "In Kolberg the final battles are apparently taking place. Our men are no longer in a position to offer coordinated resistance to the enemy." On the 18th he noted, "We have now had to evacuate Kolberg. The town, which had been defended with such extraordinary heroism, could no longer be held. I will ensure that the evacuation of Kolberg is not mention in the OKW (High Command of the Armed Forces) report. In view of the severe psychological repercussions on the Kolberg film, we could do without that at the moment." In the volume finally published in 1978 under the title Final Entries, 1945: The Diaries of Josef Gobbels, the Nazi Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment makes several notations regarding the real Kolberg. For instance, on March 5th, he writes, "The enemy has captured Belgard and Koslin. The Military Commandant of Kolberg---if he can be so-called---made a proposition to the Fuhrer that the town be surrendered (!) without a fight. The Fuhrer immediately removed him and put a younger officer in his place. Have these degenerate generals no sense of history or of responsibility? Does a present-day Military Commandant of Kolberg nurture the ambition to emulate a Loucadou rather than a Gneisenau?" he asked himself. Former Red Army Gen. Andrei Vlasov had deserted to the Wehrmacht after his capture in the Soviet-German War, and raised an army of volunteers later called "the Vlasov Army" to fight for the Reich, but Hitler always mistrusted them, fearing that they---like Napoleon's German troops in 1812 in Russia---would turn on the Nazis, and so didn't use them. After the war, the members were virtually all turned over by the Western Allies to Stalin and tried as traitors to the USSR, which they were. Kołobrzeg today is a popular tourist destination for Poles, Germans and due to the ferry connection to Bornholm also Danish people. It provides a unique combination of a seaside resort, health resort, an old town full of historic monuments and tourist entertainment options (e.g. numerous "beer gardens").Epic Movie: Grand battle scenes and the proverbial "cast of thousands", all shot in Agfacolor, the UFA process that rivaled Technicolor. Kristina Söderbaum, the director's wife, was cast as Maria, a farmer's daughter and one of the lead roles in the film. [4] Hitler evaded responsibility for his actions by committing suicide. Gobbels followed suit. On Apr. 17, 1945, a few days before his death, he told his colleagues at the Propaganda Ministry: 'Gentleman, in a hundred years' time, they will be showing a fine color film of the terrible days we are living through. Wouldn't you like to play a part in that film? Hold out now, so that a hundred years hence the audience will not hoot and whistle when you appear on the screen.'... The expenditure lavished on Kolberg assumed grotesque proportions. Veit Harlan had more troops at his disposal for his war games than did both sides put together during the actual battle for Kolberg (!). In spite of the enormous supply problems, no expense was spared as far as Kolberg was concerned. Press reports on the shooting were vetoed---the enormous amounts spent on the film might well have provoked a public reaction. in German) Gustav Kratz: Die Städte der Provinz Pommern – Abriss ihrer Geschichte, zumeist nach Urkunden ( The Towns of the Province of Pomerania – Sketch of their History, mostly according to historical Records). Berlin 1865 (reprinted in 1996 by Sändig Reprint Verlag, Vaduz, ISBN 3-253-02734-1; reprinted in 2011 by Kessinger Publishing, U.S.A., ISBN 1-161-12969-3), pp.81–99 ( online)

Kołobrzeg Absolutna temperatura maksymalna" (in Polish). Meteomodel.pl. 6 April 2018 . Retrieved 11 February 2022. Kołobrzeg has connections among others to Szczecin, "Solidarity" Szczecin–Goleniów Airport, Gdańsk, Poznań, Warsaw, Kraków and Lublin.Medved, Harry; Medved, Michael (1984). The Hollywood Hall of Shame: The Most Expensive Flops in Movie History. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0207149291. I saw "Kolberg" on French television some time ago. What was most interesting about it was how desperate the propagandizing looked in this film - as if the filmmakers knew that they were on a sinking ship and that time was running out. I don't think the film is as "evil" as other Nazi films but it's only watchable for the historical interest of witnessing the final product, the last gasp, of a dying, militarist, and anti-humanistic culture. It looks like a film shot on borrowed time. So Gert Koshofer in der Rezension zu: Dirk Alt: „Der Farbfilm marschiert!“. Frühe Farbfilmverfahren und NS-Propaganda 1933–1945. München 2013. H-Soz-Kult, 13. Februar 2015.

As late as April 1945, when large parts of Germany, including Berlin, were already in ruins, entertainment and propaganda films were still being screened in theaters. Rother, author of the book Zeitbilder - Filme des Nationalsozialismus (Images of Time - Films of National Socialism), points out that from the Nazis' point of view, the medium of film was of the utmost importance. Most people who know about this movie are aware that "Kolberg" was financed by Joseph Goebbels near the end of World War II, when Nazi Germany was in its final death throes. (Supposedly, Goebbels wrote many of the speeches himself.) Fittingly (though perhaps also surprisingly) enough, it was also one of the biggest budgeted German films at that time, with thousands of extras (and thousands of horses) employed - many of them taken off the front lines. The result is a big budget propaganda that actually, on its own, holds up pretty well. You don't have the blatant pro-Nazi message of "Triumph of the Will", and you don't have the blatant antisemitism of "Jud Suess", so it won't make even the most open-minded film critic squeamish. At the same time, and much like Soviet films that served similar purposes, if you know the worldview of the filmmakers and who budgeted them, then you can, at times, read between the lines.A seasonal ferry service to Nexø on the Danish island of Bornholm is offered by the catamaran Jantar. [68] The trip takes 15 hours and carries passengers but no cars. Nora Berend, Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' C. 900–1200, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p.293, ISBN 0-521-87616-8, ISBN 978-0-521-87616-2 Veit Harlan one of the Third Reich's favored directors brought this one in which in Hollywood would have had the studio bean counters tearing the hair out of their heads. Krista Soderbaum who was the symbol of blond Aryan womanhood and Harlan's wife is also in the film who sustains several tragic losses, but carries on. dobowa temperatura powietrza". Normy klimatyczne 1991-2020 (in Polish). Institute of Meteorology and Water Management. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021 . Retrieved 11 February 2022.