Die Somme: Das Grab der Millionen (1930)
- Original title
- Die Somme - Das Grab der Millionen
- Directed by
- Heinz Paul
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Weimar Republic
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This silent film uses a mix of staged scenes and real archive footage to show World War I battles at the Somme. It follows soldiers on both sides as they experience the fighting.
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What happens
Die Somme (auch: Das Grab der Millionen) ist der Titel eines stummen Dokumentar-Dramas, das Heinz Paul 1930 für die Cando-Film Berlin nach einem eigenen Drehbuch realisierte. Paul ergänzte Spielszenen mit deutschen Darstellern durch Dokumentaraufnahmen aus Archivmaterial deutscher, französischer und englischer Herkunft. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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With Our Heroes on the Somme (1917)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.