Die gefrorenen Blitze

original title:
Die gefrorenen Blitze
country / year of production:
German Democratic Republic / 1967 (x)
original length:
166 min. , black/white
premiere:
14 April 1967
genre:
Propaganda film
based on:
Julius Mader. Geheimnis von Huntsville. Die wahre Karriere des Raketenbarons Wernher von Braun. Berlin: Dt. Militärverlag, 1963.
director:
János Veiczi
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plot synopsis:
This film is based on documentary material and tells the story about the German "wonder weapon" and the resistance against it.
keywords:
propaganda , fascism , communism , resistance, opposition , media , journalism
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Karl Heinz Jahnke. Marie ter Morsche kann ihren Vater nicht vergessen. Widerstand gegen Hitlers V-Waffen in Zinnowitz und Peenemünde 1942/43. Rostock: Koch, 2001.

Bob Ward. From Nazis to NASA. The life of Wernher von Braun. Stroud: Sutton, 2006.
remarks:
Part 1: "Target Peenemünde"
Part 2: "Password Paperclip"
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