Kameradschaft
Sign in to saveKameradschaft (, known in France as La Tragédie de la mine) is a 1931 dramatic film directed by Austrian director G. W. Pabst. The French-German co-production drama is noted for combining expressionism and realism.
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7.0At a mine on the shared edge of France and Germany, an underground explosion leads to the entrapment of a group of French miners. In an effort to save the trapped Frenchmen, German miners Wittkopp and Kasper take it upon themselves to traverse a crumbling war tunnel leading down into the mines. Yet, though the workers harbor no political biases against one another, their callous, less tolerant bosses hope to halt this cross-cultural rescue mission.
Released: 1931-11-1793 minDir: G.W. PabstDrama
Cast
- Alexander Granach as Kasper
- Fritz Kampers as Wilderer
- Ernst Busch as Wittkopp
- Elisabeth Wendt as Frau Anna Wittkopp
- Gustav Püttjer as Kaplan
- Oskar Höcker as Mine Foreman
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Kameradschaft
- Film.image
- Kameradschaft poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Swedish theatrical release poster by Eric Rohman
- Film.director
- G. W. Pabst
- Film.producer
- Seymour Nebenzal
- Film.screenplay
- Peter Martin LampelHerbert RappaportLadislaus Vajda
- Film.story
- Karl Otten
- Film.starring
- Alexander GranachFritz KampersDaniel MendailleErnst BuschElisabeth WendtGustav Püttjer
- Film.music
- G. von Rigelius
- Film.cinematography
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Film.editing
- Jean Oser
- Film.studio
- Nero-FilmGaumont-Franco Film-Aubert
Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1931
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Screenwriter
- Léon Werth
- Cast member
- Friedrich Gnaß
- Producer
- Seymour Nebenzal
- Duration
- +92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 267627
- Distribution format
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Critical response
- Accolades
- See also
- References
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Kameradschaft (, known in France as La Tragédie de la mine) is a 1931 dramatic film directed by Austrian director G. W. Pabst. The French-German co-production drama is noted for combining expressionism and realism.
The film concerns a mine disaster where German miners rescue French miners from an underground fire and explosion. The story takes place in the Lorraine–Saar regions, along the border between France and Germany. It is based on one of the worst industrial accidents in history, the Courrières mine disaster in 1906 in Courrières, France, where rescue efforts after a coal dust explosion were hampered by the lack of trained mine rescuers. Expert teams from Paris and miners from the Westphalia region of Germany came to the assistance of the French miners. There were 1,099 fatalities, including children.