Drei Unteroffiziere (1939)

Directed by

Werner Hochbaum

Genre

war film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three German army sergeants navigate complicated love affairs that threaten their friendship. In the end they overcome jealousy and commit to a dangerous military task together.

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What happens

Drei Unteroffiziere (Three Sergeants) is a 1939 German film. Made soon before the outbreak of the Second World War, the film - as its name suggests - depicts the lives of three German army sergeants. While the plot focuses on the three protagonists' complicated love affairs rather than their battlefield exploits, it does extol camaraderie among soldiers - a staple theme of Nazi propaganda. The film concludes with the protagonists overcoming the amorous jealousies which threatened to divide them, and eagerly embarking on a dangerous military task. This theme is reflected in the film's poster, showing the three in uniform with their commanding officer while their love interest, Gerda, fills out the background. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, Drei Unteroffiziere was included in the list of forbidden films, and nowadays its screening is only allowed for "special educational purposes". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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