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
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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