Hans Bertram – Feuertaufe AKA Baptism of Fire (1940)

From Amos Vogel’s Film as a Subversive Art:
Though entirely based on “authentic” newsreel materials, this is a splendidly distorted “record” of the Nazi Blitzkrieg against Poland, designed to terrorize (particularly foreign) viewers into accepting the Nazis’ god-like military superiority. Kracauer’s profound analysis stresses the magic, irrational core of the film, its reliance on graceful over-simplifications, clever amalgams, a pseudo-narration that professes to inform, and insidious comparisons. Particularly frightening are its terrifying maps of encirclement and destruction from above. Strength and decisiveness are constantly stressed; suffering is, at most, cartographic, and death entirely absent.

1.22GB | 1h 27mn | 716×503 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/FD5AE36B4F6666B/Feuertaufe_(1940)_Hans_Bertram.mkv

Language(s):German
Subtitles:English