The Higher Command (1935)
- Original title
- Der höhere Befehl
- Directed by
- Gerhard Lamprecht
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 4 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
A historical story set during the Napoleonic Wars focuses on the alliance between Prussia and Britain to free Europe from Napoleon. The main characters are officers and aristocrats navigating duty and honor.
old-fashionedstatelypatrioticnostalgichistoricalformaloptimistic
What happens
The Higher Command (German: Der höhere Befehl) is a 1935 German historical film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Lil Dagover, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Heli Finkenzeller. Produced and distributed by UFA, it was shot at the company's Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was produced around the time of the Anglo-German Naval Agreement when the German government were still optimistic about forming an alliance with the British and saw the film as a way of recalling the historic Anglo-Prussian partnership in liberating Europe from Napoleon. The film was praised by the Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels as "a national and engrossing film". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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