Landeskunde
VALKYRIE
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movie of the week from Hollywood?
Stefan Nölke : Yes, I think the film actually quite reasonable, that is neither particularly good nor particularly bad. That would be my first message, and the second: all the excitement and also cavil at the supposed historical inaccuracies I find grossly exaggerated and even arrogant, and third, historical-political ties with the film a message that you can really only be welcomed.
Moderator : three messages from you - we dröseln things at times. The various objections that have been leveled against the film in recent times: first, the Stauffenberg film is merely a Hollywood thriller, and then do not even really exciting.
Stefan Nölke: This film is definitely a thriller and, like this apart, a reception with excellent actors thriller. Why not, one might think. What could actually be argued is rather that the story told in this film, just a couple of times has been told. Most recently in 2004, directed by Jo Baier, who to my mind the sixtieth anniversary of the time also made a pretty good movie. And began this dance of Stauffenberg films already in 1955, with two West German productions, all films that have sought a detailed reenactment of the events. And that would be my criticism that the film does not go beyond what many do not even know German cinema and television audiences.
Moderator : Maybe it would have made more sense then the issue take to resistance against Hitler a bit further, we are coming to objection number two: the story is too focused on Stauffenberg and its development from the initial proponents of Nazism to the bombers with too little attention, right?
Stefan Nölke: It is true that the story being told there, start until 1943 with the serious wounding Stauffenberg in North Africa, that is how his recruitment has developed since 1933 and changed is not the subject of this film. Not even the all-important spiritual character Stauffenberg - and much has been written so much in recent years - by the poet Stefan George and his circle. That would be a different story now, which would not have met in a normal movie length course. In addition, also must be said that the atrocities of the German Einsatzgruppen behind the eastern front only at the beginning are briefly mentioned, and will not be identified, although it has also been a subject of discussion in recent years very much, whether that is knowing the perpetrators thereof, and this crime indeed a central Motive for the coup were. In fact, the story that director Bryan Singer has said, but The Assassination Attempt at the center, which I think of drama, but also historical reasons for completely legitimate: Stauffenberg was a man of action, he pointed out the attack and led the rebellion, without it would have no 20th July given. And the overriding theme is absolutely right given that Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators have that is acted out of patriotic motives, that the honor of Germany extent at least wanted to restore and wanted to show the world that Hitler is not the same as Germany. (4:47)
Moderator: So all historically quite correctly, that is, of course, not yet politically correct and thus we would be in objection number three: In truth, it is not about Stauffenberg but the fact that Tom Cruise wants to do with this film is primarily advertising for Scientology.
Stefan Nölke: Yes I think the excitement about absolutely excessive, and there is the vehemence with which some considered to Tom Cruise to the field, for example, yesterday in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, where an extensive interview since been repeatedly interrupted by derogatory comments,
that's just not a good style. One wonders what Tom Cruise really done? Well, you do not have to like him,
as an actor, you can not find the film must also be good, this is no problem. But the man who stole gold spoon or worse? And apart from that I think that what was said by the director Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck some time ago, for entirely true, namely that the film is quite suitable, the image of Germany to carry more than maybe ten World Championships together. And no matter whether in Atlanta or in Aschersleben, those who hitherto little or nothing about the opposition knew to be in the film, made exciting and professional as he is determined, curious and are determined to be not stupid to come out of the cinema, as into Gegan he is.
Moderator: No "must" but an absolute "can" Figaro-history editor Stefan Nölke says of Operation Valkyrie, the movie Stauffenberg with Tom Cruise ....
Read the questions first. Then monitor the film criticism.
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About the film has been much discussed. (1'-10 ')
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the film can not yet see in Europe. (11 ')
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The film is not historically correct. (26'-34 ')
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The film is a thriller. (53 ')
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It is the first film, shot on Stauffenberg. (1:08 - 1:37,5)
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Stauffenburg was right from the start to National Socialism. (1:45.27-2:09,05)
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Stauffenberg had contact with the poet Stefan George. (2:09 to 2:25)
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Stauffenberg has perpetrated the attack on patriotic grounds. (3:05 to 3:23)
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of an editor believes that Tom Cruise wanted to do with the film only advertising for the Church of Scientology. (3:30)
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The film promotes the image of Germany. (4:05)
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