Title: Der schuss von der kanzel Die Deutsche wochenschau
Authors: Lindtberg, Leopold,; Guggenheim, Kurt,
Publisher: germanwarfilms.com,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf,; Ribbentrop, Joachim von,; Göring, Hermann,; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.; Prisoners; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Soviet Union.; War criminals Germany; Nazis Germany.; World War, 1939-1945 Propaganda.; Infantry.; Bombardment.; Nazi propaganda.; Battles; National socialism; Sevastopolʹ (Ukraine) History; Soviet Union History
Abstract: This dvd contains two films produced in Germany during the Nazi era, Die Deutsche Wochenschau and Der Schuss von der Kanzel. The first, Die Deutsche Wochenschau, is a German newsreel which might have played in front of the feature film. The newsreel begins with footage of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goring and other high ranking Nazi leaders gathering for a meeting at a military base somewhere in Germany. Then the film moves to Budapest where Reichs minister Ribbentrop inspects German troops in front of cheering civilians. Then back to Germany where we see German citizens donating winter clothing for the troops fighting on the Eastern Front. Several soldiers have fun in front of the camera by trying on women's furs borrowed from the donation truck. Then to the Ukraine, where German artillery pieces and airplanes are engaged in the siege of Sevastapol. The newsreel concludes as hundreds of Soviet prisoners are paraded in front of the cameras. In the feature film, Der Schuss von der Kanzel, Pastor Werdmueller lives in Mythikon, a peaceful village on the edges of Lake Zurich. His passion for hunting and weapons causes him to neglect his churchly duties. Because he is off hunting partridges with Captain Kilchsperger, he has forgotten to show up for a baptism. Hoping to have a fellow huntsman as a son in law, the captain has promised his daughter to the pastor. Unfortunately, the captain's daughter is in love with Vicar Pfannensteil.