Kameradschaft
Kameradschaft • 1h 30m
Directed by G.W. Pabst • 1931 • Germany
When a coal mine collapses on the frontier between Germany and France, trapping a team of French miners inside, workers on both sides of the border spring into action, putting aside national prejudices and wartime grudges to launch a dangerous rescue operation. Director G. W. Pabst brings a claustrophobic realism to this ticking-clock scenario, using realistic sets and sound design to create the maze of soot-choked shafts where the miners struggle for survival. A gripping disaster film and a stirring plea for international cooperation, KAMERADSCHAFT cemented Pabst's status as one of the most morally engaged and formally dexterous filmmakers of his time.
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Hermann Barth on KAMERADSCHAFT
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Jan-Christopher Horak on KAMERADSCHAFT
In this 2016 interview, Jan-Christopher Horak, director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive, discusses the importance of KAMERADSCHAFT to director G. W. Pabst’s career.
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Jean Oser on KAMERADSCHAFT
In 1988, Jean Oser, the editor of KAMERADSCHAFT, recorded these audio responses to questions sent to him by film scholar Hermann Barth. Intercut with Oser’s responses are scenes from the rare French cut of the film.
