ID

FBW001716      Short documentary

Country / Year

Great Britain, 1945

Original Title

A Defeated People

Other Title(s)

Ein besiegtes Volk (German)

Directed by

Humphrey Jennings

Produced by

Crown Film Unit, London

Staff

Script: Humphrey Jennings; Camera: Fred Gamage; Music: Guy Warwick; Narration: William Hartnell

Length

19'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 00 00.1946: Premiere

Abstract

Documentary footage of Germany after the war: the Ruhr area, Hamburg and Berlin. The beginnings of a new societal life.

Subject Terms

1945; Berlin; American zone; British zone; Hamburg; Post-war period; Ruhr; Stunde Null

Bibliography

- Grob, Norbert (Hg.): Das Jahr 1945 und das Kino. Berlin: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, 1995