Erziehung vor Verdun

original title:
Erziehung vor Verdun
other titles:
Erziehung vor Verdun - Der große Krieg der weißen Männer
country / year of production:
German Democratic Republic / 1973
original length:
91+95+98 min. , black/white
premiere:
25 November 1973
genre:
TV-film
based on:
Arnold Zweig. Erziehung vor Verdun. Amsterdam: Querido-Verlag, 1935.
director:
Egon Günther
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plot synopsis:
The film deals with the Jewish soldier and author Bertin, who starts to think about his own life during he joins the front troops at Verdun between the summer of 1916 and spring 1917. The pacifist film combines fiction and documentary material.
keywords:
Verdun , massacre , infantry , authenticity , battle-fatigue , shell shock
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
Hannelore Schlaffer. "Beste moralische Absichten. Aber blutarm: Arnold Zweigs 'Erziehung vor Verdun'". In: Frankfurter Rundschau, 12.1.2002.

Hans-Harald Müller. "Militanter Pazifismus. Eine Interpretationsskizze zu Arnold Zweigs Roman 'Erziehung vor Verdun'". In: Weimarer Beiträge. Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft, Ästhetik und Kulturtheorie 12 (1990), 36, 1894.
remarks:
Won the "Teleplay Award" at the Baden-Baden Days of Teleplay in 1974.

Made for TV in three parts.

Nearly seamless transition of the documentary and feature film parts.

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