Um das Menschenrecht

1934
1h 58m

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This Nazi propaganda film tells about the "freikorps" movement in post-World War I Germany. Freikorps were armed extreme-right-wing paramilitary groups, often composed of street thugs, ex-co... Read allThis Nazi propaganda film tells about the "freikorps" movement in post-World War I Germany. Freikorps were armed extreme-right-wing paramilitary groups, often composed of street thugs, ex-convicts and unemployed veterans, who engaged in street battles and assassinations of politi... Read allThis Nazi propaganda film tells about the "freikorps" movement in post-World War I Germany. Freikorps were armed extreme-right-wing paramilitary groups, often composed of street thugs, ex-convicts and unemployed veterans, who engaged in street battles and assassinations of political opponents, usually leftist or Communist groups. Many of these "freikorps" were absorbe... Read all

Directors
- Hans Zöberlein
- Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
Writer
- Hans Zöberlein
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- Hans Zöberlein
- Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
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- Hans Zöberlein
Stars

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The German soldiers come back from the Great War, leaving two million dead on the battlefield. They go back to their old work, on the farm, laying bricks, creating art. Hans Schlenck, with the backing of his father, a cobbler, goes back to school, while he grapples with the questions of what to do. But the Spartacist Rebellion happens, and he joins the Freikorps, the mercenaries who put down the rebellion, saving two of his old comrades who joined the Reds. Those who came back from the War leave the country, save Schlenck. At the end, he gives a terrific speech talking about his vision of socialism.

Hitler had dissolved the Freikorps six months before this movie came out, demanding their battle flags. Nonetheless, the Nazi Party paid for this film, with a terrific battle sequence making up almost half the film, before he speaks his true but vague ideas of what socialism is. It's pure Nazi propaganda at the end.

Schlenck did a lot of movies through 1942, when he was drafted into the Army. He died in combat in Hungary in 1944.

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At about 30 minutes, the men in the bierkeller are singing the traditional student song, "O alte Burschenherrlichkeit", which has appeared in many films. The first verse is as follows:

O alte Burschenherrlichkeit, Wohin bist du entschwunden, Nie kehrst du wieder goldne Zeit, So froh und ungebunden! Vergebens spähe ich umher, Ich finde deine Spur nicht mehr. O jerum, o quae mutatio rerum.