Die Frontschau (1941)
- Directed by
- Fritz Hippler
- Genre
- documentary, war
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 2h 40m
- 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
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.
propagandisticinstructionalstarkmilitarywartimeutilitariandateddry
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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