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British enemy

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1996.169.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2511 | Film ID: 992

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    British enemy

    Overview

    Description
    Reel 9
    Michael O'Brien, an Irish rebel leader from Dublin, is hanged in 1903 by the British for subversion and high treason. His eighteen-year-old son, also named Michael O'Brien, is sent to St. Edwards College -- a boarding school specifically aimed at making Irish children 'think English' by tight surveillance and ideological education. There, a fellow student collects information for his uncle at the British Secret Service. As a result, Patrick O'Connor unconsciously betrays Michael's widowed mother for harboring Irish freedom fighters even though he eventually joins the rebels' cause. On the last day of school Michael and other students burn the British flag and take up arms to support the 1921 Irish war of independence. Finally Patrick is shot and dies in the arms of Michael with the words: "Ich bin kein Verraeter!" [I'm not a traitor!].

    This feature film was part of a broader anti-British propaganda offensive in 1941 including "Ohm Krueger" ["Uncle Krueger"] and "Carl Peters" that depicted the war enemy Great Britain as a ruthless imperialist power enslaving defenseless peoples. In suppressing the freedom of the Irish by violence, famine, and police brutality, the British are characterized as gutless and inhumane 'Tommies' who constantly talk about the 'civilizing mission' of their Empire while practicing aristocratic nepotism and playing golf. Furthermore, the movie was meant to encourage the spirit of unconditional sacrifice for the broader national struggle and especially targeted the youth. The Staatsauftragsfilm [movie commissioned by the state] passed censorship on February 12, 1941 and premiered on February 17, 1941 decorated with the distinctions "staatspolitisch wertvoll" [state-politically valuable], kuenstlerisch wertvoll [artistically valuable] and "jugendwert" [of worth for the youth].
    Duration
    00:08:48
    Date
    Production:  1941
    Locale
    England
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv
    Contributor
    Director: Max W. Kimmich
    Script Contributor: Toni Huppertz
    Script Contributor: Max W. Kimmich
    Producer: Stella Tobis
    Producer: M.W. Kimmich Film
    Camera Operator: Richard Angst
    Music: Alois Melichar

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Genre/Form
    Feature.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    00:01:41:00 to 00:10:29:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 992 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 992 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 992 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Master 992 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 992 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 992 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 992 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 992 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
    Conditions on Use
    Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the films from the Library of Congress in September 1996.
    Note
    Length of entire film: 99 minutes
    Other credits:
    Identified actors: Werner Hinz as the old Michael O'Brien, Will Quadflieg as the young Michael O'Brien, Claus Clausen as Patrick O'Connor, Paul Wegener as Secret Police head George Baverly, Eugen Kloepfer as janitor Duffy
    Additional actors: Heinz Ohlsen, Karl Dannemann, Friedrich Maurer, Karl John, Walter Werner, Siegfried Drost, Marg. Kupfer, Will Dohm, Franz Schafheitlin, Karl Haubenreisser, Karl Heinz Peters, Jack Trevor, Axel Monje, Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, Norbert Rohringer, Hans Quest, Peter Elsholtz, Odo Krohmann, Maria Krahn

    See Film and Video departmental files for additional documentation and a summary of the film. See Stories 2503-2512, Film ID 991 and 992 for entire film.
    Copied From
    35mm; b/w
    Film Source
    Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 2617
    Source Archive Number: FEA 7526
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:55:24
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