Friesennot (1935)

Directed by

Peter Hagen

Genre

drama film, propaganda film

Country

Nazi Germany, Germany

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Ethnic Frisians living in a Russian village face threats to their community. The film dramatizes their struggle for survival and cultural identity.

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What happens

Frisians in Peril (German: Friesennot) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Peter Hagen and starring Friedrich Kayßler, Jessie Vihrog and Valéry Inkijinoff. Made for Nazi propaganda purposes, it concerns a village of ethnic Frisians in Russia. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Bernhard Schwidewski. Location shooting took place around the Lüneburg Heath near Bispingen. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in the German capital. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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