Title: Hitlerjunge Quex (film)
Content:  Hitlerjunge Quex, in English Hitler Youth Quex, is a 1933 Nazi propaganda film directed by Hans Steinhoff, based on the similarly named 1932 novel Der Hitlerjunge Quex by Karl Aloys Schenzinger. The film was shown in the US under the title Our Flag Leads Us Forward.
Title: Hitlerjunge Quex (film)
Content: Jürgen Ohlsen as Heini Völker ; Heinrich George as Vater Völker ; Berta Drews as Mutter Völker ; Claus Clausen as Bannführer Kaß (Brigade Leader Kass) ; Franz Ramspott as Fritz Dörries (comradeship leader) ; Helga Bodemer as Ulla Dörries ; Rotraut Richter as Gerda ; Hermann Speelmans as Stoppel ; Hans Richter as Franz ; Ernst Behmer as Kowalski ; Hansjoachim Büttner as Arzt (doctor) ; Franziska Kinz as Krankenschwester (nurse) ; Hermann Braun as Grundler ; Rudolf Platte as Moritatensänger (carnival singer) ; Reinhold Bernt as Ausrufer (barker) ; Hans Deppe as Althändler (furniture dealer) ; Anna Müller-Lincke as Eine Nachbarin Völkers (Völkers' neighbour) ; Karl Meixner as Wilde ; Karl Hannemann as Lebensmittelhändler (grocer) ; Ernst Rotmund as Revierwachtmeister (desk sergeant) ; Hans Otto Stern as Kneipenwirt (bartender) 
Title: Der Hitlerjunge Quex
Content:  Der Hitlerjunge Quex is a 1932 Nazi propaganda novel by Karl Aloys Schenzinger based on the life of Herbert “Quex” Norkus. The 1933 film Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend was based on it and was described by Joseph Goebbels as the "first large-scale" transmission of Nazi ideology using the medium of cinema. Both the book and the film, like S.A.-Mann Brand and Hans Westmar, both released the same year, fictionalised and glorified death in the service of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler.
Title: Hitlerjunge Quex (film)
Content:  The film was produced in the Universum Film AG (Ufa) studios. The plot was written by Bobby E. Lüthge and Karl Aloys Schenzinger, the author of the novel. Produced by Karl Ritter, it was supported by the Nazi leadership and produced for 320,000 reichsmarks under the aegis of Baldur von Schirach. The latter also wrote the lyrics for the Hitler Youth marching song "Vorwärts! Vorwärts! schmettern die hellen Fanfaren", better known by its refrain, Unsere Fahne flattert uns voran, using an existing melody by Hans-Otto Borgmann, who was also responsible for the music. The director was Hans Steinhoff. For the film, the subtitle Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend ("A film about the sacrificial spirit of German youth") was added to the novel's title. The film has a length of 95 minutes (2,605 metres) and was premiered on 11 September 1933 at the Ufa-Phoebus Palace in Munich, and 
Title: Der Hitlerjunge Quex
Content:  <div style="float:right; margin-left:1.5em; width:255px; border:1pt solid grey; background:#fcfcfc; padding:2.5px; text-align:center; font-size:85%">Hitler Youth Quex (Ufa film) The novel provided the basis for a subsequent film version, produced in the Universum Film AG (Ufa) studios. The plot was written by Bobby E. Lüthge and Karl Aloys Schenzinger, the author of the novel. Produced by Karl Ritter, the film was supported by the Nazi leadership and produced for 320,000 reichsmarks under the aegis of Baldur von Schirach. The latter also wrote the lyrics for the Hitler Youth song "Unsere Fahne flattert uns voran", based on an existing melody by Hans-Otto Borgmann, who was also responsible for the music. The director 
Title: Hitlerjunge Quex (film)
Content: The opening greengrocer scene in the film is absent in the novel. ; In the novel, Heini is an apprentice carpenter, whereas in the film, he is an apprentice printer. ; Heini's friends Kurt Bussack, Bruno Hellwig and Eugen Kappelmann do not appear in the film. ; The "elimination" wrestling-cum-boxing matches at the Bernau Forest do not occur in the film. ; Oskar Wisnewski is replaced with Grundler. ; Many scenes or activities are cut out of the film such as Kass's backstory, the visit to the Bannführer, the camp and the speech night. ; Kass in the novel was originally the 
Title: Hitlerjunge Quex (film)
Content:  Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Joseph Goebbels and other high Nazi functionaries attended the first premiere in Munich. Goebbels reflected on the film as follows: "If Hitler Youth Quex represents the first large-scale attempt to depict the ideas and world of National Socialism with the art of cinema, then one must say that this attempt, given the possibilities of modern technology, is a full-fledged success." By January 1934 it had been viewed by a million people. Hitlerjunge Quex is now classified in Germany as a Vorbehaltsfilm (conditional film), meaning it is illegal to show it outside of closed educational events guided by an expert.
Title: Der Hitlerjunge Quex
Content:  Hans Steinhoff. For the film, the novel's title was amended with the subtitle Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend ("A film about the sacrificial spirit of German youth"). The film has a length of 95 minutes (2,605 metres) and was premiered on 11 September 1933 at the Ufa-Phoebus Palace, Munich, and on 19 September at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo, Berlin. It was one of three films about Nazi martyrs in 1933, the other two being SA-Mann Brand and Hans Westmar, and by January 1934 had been viewed by a million people. The film's message is characterised by its final words, "The flag means more than death".
Title: Jürgen Ohlsen
Content: Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend also known as Our Flag Leads Us Forward. (1933; 95 mins.) Directed by Hans Steinhoff. Ohlsen played the starring role of Heini Völker.  Title translation:  Hitler Youth Quex. A Film of the Sacrifice of German Youth. ; Alle Macht mit (1933; 6 mins) Directed by Franz Wenzler ; Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935; 79 mins.) Directed by Heinz Paul Ohlsen played the role of Heinz Muthesius.  German ace Ernst Udet starred int this film. 
Title: Hitlerjunge Quex (film)
Content:  19 September at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. It was one of three films about Nazi martyrs in 1933, the other two being SA-Mann Brand and Hans Westmar. The film's Producer, Karl Ritter, recalled in his private diaries the famous scene where Vater Völker slaps his son violently after he overhears him singing the HJ song Unsere Fahne flattert uns voran. The diary entry:  ''Unforgettable was the George–Jürgen Ohlsen ear–slapping scene. George first paid for Jürgen’s ice cream and took him into the canteen like a godfather would. Jürgen saw nothing to fear in him. So then, when the dreadful ear–slap scene came, the tears shot from his eyes. '' The film premiered in the United States at the Yorkville Theatre on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on 6 July 1934 as Our Flag Leads Us Forward and in March 1942 in Paris as Le jeune hitlérien.

Question: Who was the director of Hitlerjunge Quex?
Answer: Hans Steinhoff.