World War II German :Movie 3 Pack-Titanic / Der Meisterdetektiv /White Hell DVD

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World War II German :Movie 3 Pack-Titanic / Der Meisterdetektiv /White Hell DVD:
$29.95

Titanic

Not the campy soap opera film with Leonardo, but a rather more gritty German version, which, by the way, seems to have had some story lines stolen directly from it and put into the most recent production by Hollywood.Not the best film to watch if you\'re trying to reaffirm your belief in all that is good with human nature, but entertaining, nonetheless.The film itself was banned in Germany during the War, because the scenes of panic and terror were thought to be \"too close to home\" as Allied planes were slowly making Germany\'s cities into heaps of rubble.After the War, it was once more banned -- this time by the victorious Allies -- because of the not-too-subtle suggestion that the British owner\'s financial interests in having the ship recklessly speed from England directly caused the deaths of 1500 persons on board.To add to the film\'s historical bad luck, it should also be added that the film\'s director was arrested, because he was overheard making derogatory comments about the Wehrmacht.Having refused to withdraw his comments, he was thrown into prison, where he promptly hanged himself rather than face Gestapo interrogation.Most memorable moment:after the ship\'s crew has loaded up all the oh-so-few lifeboats with some of the passengers, the captain shouts down from the bridge to the sailors standing with the remaining passengers, \"People!You have done your duty; now save yourselves, whoever can!\" and causes an immediate heartwrenching panic among those who have been left behind on the sinking ship.

85minutes long.

Region Free (can play in any DVD player).IN GERMAN WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES

The White Hell of Pitz Palu (German: Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) is a 1929 silent mountain film directed by Arnold Fanck and Georg Wilhelm Pabst and starring future filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl and World War I flying ace Ernst Udet.The wife of alpinist Dr Johannes Krafft (Gustav Diessl) dies after a crevasse fall. It is implied that the accident was due to his negligence. Ten years later the newlywed Karl Stern (Ernst Petersen) and Maria Majoni (Leni Riefenstahl) arrive in an alpine hut near St. Moritz. They meet Dr Krafft who is obsessed with the death of his wife and is still searching for her in the mountains. Together they depart to climb Piz Palü, not knowing that a storm is approaching. Trapped in the mountain and with Stern having broken his leg they are forced to spend the night on a small ledge. Dr Krafft who had given his coat to Karl does not survive until the next morning. Eventually the aviator Ernst Udet (played by himself), who is also a friend of Karl and Maria, finds the couple. He alerts the rescuers who eventually safely escort Karl and Maria back to the valley.

On October 11, 1929 the film premiered in Vienna. In Germany the film had its premiere in the same year on November 1 in Stuttgart. The official German premiere was on November 15, 1929 in Berlin. In the first four weeks the film was seen by more than 100,000 people at the UFA Palast in Berlin, at this time Germany\'s largest and most important movie theater. In 1930 a sound film version in English was released internationally. In 1935 a German sound film version with a film score by Giuseppe Becce was produced. The film was shortened to 90 minutes. With the Nazis in power since 1933, the Jewish-sounding name \"Karl Stern\" was changed into \"Hans Brandt\". All scenes with the Jewish actor Kurt Gerron, who perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944, were cut from this release. A remake was produced in 1950 under the title Föhn by Rolf Hansen, starring Hans Albers and Liselotte Pulver. The original version of Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü was lost until 1996. The original film score by Willy Schmidt-Gentner is still lost. The film was well received both critically and commercially. Several film historians cite it as Fanck\'s most successful picture critically and Riefenstahl\'s as an actress. It also became the second biggest box office hit of the year in Germany. In the New York Times, Mordaunt Hall wrote that \"Leni Riefenstahl is convincing\", remarking on \"a swift undercurrent of tenseness and anticipation that carries one along through the avalanches, up the precipitous and threatening mountainside and finally to the climax of the rescue.

THIS IS THE AMERICAN VERSION FROM 1930 WITH SOUND AND ENGLISH INTERTILES CUT BACK TO 76 MINS.Der Meisterdetektiv

The purebred breeding pig \"Princess Anastasia\" is the culmination of the breeding efforts of the estate owner Theobald Langendorff. For their own protection, Langendorff hires the private detective Bruch, for he fears the dark machinations of his neighbor Matthesius, who likewise owns a purebred pig. Theobald\'s nephew wants to marry the ballet dancer Ilse, but he\'ll only get his share of his inheritance, if all the members of the family give their blessing. Everyone is fine with the idea except Theobald\'s sister Julia, who says the marriage will take place when purebred breeding pigs fly ... and there\'ll be no pork in the treetops for a long time to come.

THERE IS A NEWSREEL PREVIEW BEFORE THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel). APPROX.88 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL