Die Frontschau (1941)

Directed by

Fritz Hippler

Genre

documentary, war

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 40m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a series of German training films from World War II. They show soldiers what to expect and how to operate on the Eastern Front.

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What happens

Die Frontschau (English:The Front Show) is a series of German World War II era military training films, shown to German soldiers shortly before deployment to the Eastern Front. These films were directed by the veteran propagandist Fritz Hippler, best known for Der Ewige Jude. The installments in the series are: FS 11 Terrain Difficulties in the East, Winter and Spring (1943) FS 9/10 Construction of Positions (1941) FS 8 Defensive Battle in Winter (1943) FS 7 Attack by Infantry and Armor Against a Village (1941) FS 5/6 Mountains Troops Battle for a Town (1941) FS 4 Infantry on the Attack (1941) FS 3 Advance (1941) FS 2 Russian Construction of Positions (1941) FS 13 Traveling Across Ice Surfaces and Waters with Drifting Ice (1941) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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