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Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film at DEFA - Masters of Cinema [Blu-ray / Box Set with Book (Limited Edition)]
Collection of five dramas made by DEFA, East Germany's state-owned film studio, in the immediate aftermath of WWII. 'The Murderers Are Among Us' (1946) follows Susanne Wallner (Hildegard Knef), a concentration camp survivor who returns home to Berlin to find Hans Mertens (Wilhelm Borchert), a traumatised military surgeon, living in her apartment. As they slowly get to know each other, he experiences flashbacks of the horrors he witnessed during the war.
In 'Somewhere in Berlin' (1946) Gustav (Charles Brauer) and his friends play in the ruins and rubble of Berlin while the adults around them do what they must to survive. Gustav longs to be reunited with his father but when he does return home from a prisoner of war camp, Gustav barely recognises the gaunt, hopeless man before him. In 'Police Raid' (1947) black market gangs run rampant in Berlin, thriving amidst the chaos of the war-torn city.
Chief Inspector Friedrich Naumann (Paul Bildt) is determined to put a stop to such activities but he is murdered during the course of his investigation. His son, a recently returned prisoner of war, begins working for the gang but later discovers that they are responsible for his father's death. Meanwhile, the police refuse to give up.
'Marriage in the Shadows' (1947) centres on Hans Wieland (Paul Klinger) and his wife Elisabeth (Ilse Steppat). They are both actors but she is Jewish while he is not. Despite the insistence of Nazi officials, he refuses to divorce her and attempt to save himself.
As the danger they face increases, they are forced to make a devastating decision. Finally, 'The Blum Affair' (1948) is set in 1925 and it chronicles the trial of Dr. Jakob Blum (Kurt Ehrhardt).
Blum is clearly innocent of the murder for which he stands accused but because he is a Jew, the police and judiciary are keen to make an example of him.
In 'Somewhere in Berlin' (1946) Gustav (Charles Brauer) and his friends play in the ruins and rubble of Berlin while the adults around them do what they must to survive. Gustav longs to be reunited with his father but when he does return home from a prisoner of war camp, Gustav barely recognises the gaunt, hopeless man before him. In 'Police Raid' (1947) black market gangs run rampant in Berlin, thriving amidst the chaos of the war-torn city.
Chief Inspector Friedrich Naumann (Paul Bildt) is determined to put a stop to such activities but he is murdered during the course of his investigation. His son, a recently returned prisoner of war, begins working for the gang but later discovers that they are responsible for his father's death. Meanwhile, the police refuse to give up.
'Marriage in the Shadows' (1947) centres on Hans Wieland (Paul Klinger) and his wife Elisabeth (Ilse Steppat). They are both actors but she is Jewish while he is not. Despite the insistence of Nazi officials, he refuses to divorce her and attempt to save himself.
As the danger they face increases, they are forced to make a devastating decision. Finally, 'The Blum Affair' (1948) is set in 1925 and it chronicles the trial of Dr. Jakob Blum (Kurt Ehrhardt).
Blum is clearly innocent of the murder for which he stands accused but because he is a Jew, the police and judiciary are keen to make an example of him.
Special Features
- Interactive Menus
- Interviews: Claire Knight (socialist cinema expert); Sue Vice (Jewish studies scholar).
- Commentary: 'The Murderers Are Among Us'/'Police Raid': Sergio Angelini (crime cinema expert); 'Somewhere in Berlin': Elizabeth Ward (East German cinema scholar); 'Marriage in the Shadows': Seán Allan (DEFA historian); 'The Blum Affair': Written by Rolland Man and presented by David Melville Wingrove.
- Other Documentary: 'Rebuilding Berlin' (1946); 'Rebuilding Potsdam' (1946); 'Death Camp Sachsenhausen' (1946).
Collection of five dramas made by DEFA, East Germany's state-owned film studio, in the immediate aftermath of WWII. 'The Murderers Are Among Us' (1946) follows Susanne Wallner (Hildegard Knef), a concentration camp survivor who returns home to Berlin to find Hans Mertens (Wilhelm Borchert), a traumatised military surgeon, living in her apartment. As they slowly get to know each other, he experiences flashbacks of the horrors he witnessed during the war.
In 'Somewhere in Berlin' (1946) Gustav (Charles Brauer) and his friends play in the ruins and rubble of Berlin while the adults around them do what they must to survive. Gustav longs to be reunited with his father but when he does return home from a prisoner of war camp, Gustav barely recognises the gaunt, hopeless man before him. In 'Police Raid' (1947) black market gangs run rampant in Berlin, thriving amidst the chaos of the war-torn city.
Chief Inspector Friedrich Naumann (Paul Bildt) is determined to put a stop to such activities but he is murdered during the course of his investigation. His son, a recently returned prisoner of war, begins working for the gang but later discovers that they are responsible for his father's death. Meanwhile, the police refuse to give up.
'Marriage in the Shadows' (1947) centres on Hans Wieland (Paul Klinger) and his wife Elisabeth (Ilse Steppat). They are both actors but she is Jewish while he is not. Despite the insistence of Nazi officials, he refuses to divorce her and attempt to save himself.
As the danger they face increases, they are forced to make a devastating decision. Finally, 'The Blum Affair' (1948) is set in 1925 and it chronicles the trial of Dr. Jakob Blum (Kurt Ehrhardt).
Blum is clearly innocent of the murder for which he stands accused but because he is a Jew, the police and judiciary are keen to make an example of him.
In 'Somewhere in Berlin' (1946) Gustav (Charles Brauer) and his friends play in the ruins and rubble of Berlin while the adults around them do what they must to survive. Gustav longs to be reunited with his father but when he does return home from a prisoner of war camp, Gustav barely recognises the gaunt, hopeless man before him. In 'Police Raid' (1947) black market gangs run rampant in Berlin, thriving amidst the chaos of the war-torn city.
Chief Inspector Friedrich Naumann (Paul Bildt) is determined to put a stop to such activities but he is murdered during the course of his investigation. His son, a recently returned prisoner of war, begins working for the gang but later discovers that they are responsible for his father's death. Meanwhile, the police refuse to give up.
'Marriage in the Shadows' (1947) centres on Hans Wieland (Paul Klinger) and his wife Elisabeth (Ilse Steppat). They are both actors but she is Jewish while he is not. Despite the insistence of Nazi officials, he refuses to divorce her and attempt to save himself.
As the danger they face increases, they are forced to make a devastating decision. Finally, 'The Blum Affair' (1948) is set in 1925 and it chronicles the trial of Dr. Jakob Blum (Kurt Ehrhardt).
Blum is clearly innocent of the murder for which he stands accused but because he is a Jew, the police and judiciary are keen to make an example of him.
Special Features
- Interactive Menus
- Interviews: Claire Knight (socialist cinema expert); Sue Vice (Jewish studies scholar).
- Commentary: 'The Murderers Are Among Us'/'Police Raid': Sergio Angelini (crime cinema expert); 'Somewhere in Berlin': Elizabeth Ward (East German cinema scholar); 'Marriage in the Shadows': Seán Allan (DEFA historian); 'The Blum Affair': Written by Rolland Man and presented by David Melville Wingrove.
- Other Documentary: 'Rebuilding Berlin' (1946); 'Rebuilding Potsdam' (1946); 'Death Camp Sachsenhausen' (1946).
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Collection of five dramas made by DEFA, East Germany's state-owned film studio, in the immediate aftermath of WWII. 'The Murderers Are Among Us' (1946) follows Susanne Wallner (Hildegard Knef), a concentration camp survivor who returns home to Berlin to find Hans Mertens (Wilhelm Borchert), a traumatised military surgeon, living in her apartment. As they slowly get to know each other, he experiences flashbacks of the horrors he witnessed during the war.
In 'Somewhere in Berlin' (1946) Gustav (Charles Brauer) and his friends play in the ruins and rubble of Berlin while the adults around them do what they must to survive. Gustav longs to be reunited with his father but when he does return home from a prisoner of war camp, Gustav barely recognises the gaunt, hopeless man before him. In 'Police Raid' (1947) black market gangs run rampant in Berlin, thriving amidst the chaos of the war-torn city.
Chief Inspector Friedrich Naumann (Paul Bildt) is determined to put a stop to such activities but he is murdered during the course of his investigation. His son, a recently returned prisoner of war, begins working for the gang but later discovers that they are responsible for his father's death. Meanwhile, the police refuse to give up.
'Marriage in the Shadows' (1947) centres on Hans Wieland (Paul Klinger) and his wife Elisabeth (Ilse Steppat). They are both actors but she is Jewish while he is not. Despite the insistence of Nazi officials, he refuses to divorce her and attempt to save himself.
As the danger they face increases, they are forced to make a devastating decision. Finally, 'The Blum Affair' (1948) is set in 1925 and it chronicles the trial of Dr. Jakob Blum (Kurt Ehrhardt).
Blum is clearly innocent of the murder for which he stands accused but because he is a Jew, the police and judiciary are keen to make an example of him.
In 'Somewhere in Berlin' (1946) Gustav (Charles Brauer) and his friends play in the ruins and rubble of Berlin while the adults around them do what they must to survive. Gustav longs to be reunited with his father but when he does return home from a prisoner of war camp, Gustav barely recognises the gaunt, hopeless man before him. In 'Police Raid' (1947) black market gangs run rampant in Berlin, thriving amidst the chaos of the war-torn city.
Chief Inspector Friedrich Naumann (Paul Bildt) is determined to put a stop to such activities but he is murdered during the course of his investigation. His son, a recently returned prisoner of war, begins working for the gang but later discovers that they are responsible for his father's death. Meanwhile, the police refuse to give up.
'Marriage in the Shadows' (1947) centres on Hans Wieland (Paul Klinger) and his wife Elisabeth (Ilse Steppat). They are both actors but she is Jewish while he is not. Despite the insistence of Nazi officials, he refuses to divorce her and attempt to save himself.
As the danger they face increases, they are forced to make a devastating decision. Finally, 'The Blum Affair' (1948) is set in 1925 and it chronicles the trial of Dr. Jakob Blum (Kurt Ehrhardt).
Blum is clearly innocent of the murder for which he stands accused but because he is a Jew, the police and judiciary are keen to make an example of him.
Special Features
- Interactive Menus
- Interviews: Claire Knight (socialist cinema expert); Sue Vice (Jewish studies scholar).
- Commentary: 'The Murderers Are Among Us'/'Police Raid': Sergio Angelini (crime cinema expert); 'Somewhere in Berlin': Elizabeth Ward (East German cinema scholar); 'Marriage in the Shadows': Seán Allan (DEFA historian); 'The Blum Affair': Written by Rolland Man and presented by David Melville Wingrove.
- Other Documentary: 'Rebuilding Berlin' (1946); 'Rebuilding Potsdam' (1946); 'Death Camp Sachsenhausen' (1946).
