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Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.
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Willem Holsboer
- Ingenieur des deutschen Bergwerks
- (as Willem Holzboer)
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- TriviaBecause the dialogue in Kameradschaft was spoken in the two languages of the French and German participants, without subtitles, when it came time to release the film in Paris, instead of, as frequent in the early sound era, shooting a separate language version the editor chose alternate takes of each shot to form a slightly different print, shortening and lengthening several scenes in the process.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995)
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A Masterpiece With A Message
Fire and collapse threaten the lives of hundreds of French miners in this B&W masterpiece released in 1931. Director Pabst uses the occasion of the collapse as a statement against war. Despite animosities between France and Germany, some German miners assemble a rescue team, cross the border and go underground to aid those trapped below.
The film is amazing in its depiction of mining--the claustrophobic working conditions, the dusty blackness, the danger. The verisimilitude is so convincing that it feels like actors must have been at risk themselves.
Despite language differences and the fears that war promulgates, French and German teams manage to save numerous miners. During the hours that the rescue efforts are being undertaken, the film depicts various points of view and brings together a number of subplots: a grandfather who fears for his grandson trapped in the mine; the townspeople united by their common fears and helpless feelings; a woman who longs to leave behind the inevitable heartbreaks that life in a mining town offers, but is drawn back by her love; the German miners who recognize their commonalities with the miners on the other side of the border.
This is an important story, reminding the viewer that humanity should always trump nationality.
The film is amazing in its depiction of mining--the claustrophobic working conditions, the dusty blackness, the danger. The verisimilitude is so convincing that it feels like actors must have been at risk themselves.
Despite language differences and the fears that war promulgates, French and German teams manage to save numerous miners. During the hours that the rescue efforts are being undertaken, the film depicts various points of view and brings together a number of subplots: a grandfather who fears for his grandson trapped in the mine; the townspeople united by their common fears and helpless feelings; a woman who longs to leave behind the inevitable heartbreaks that life in a mining town offers, but is drawn back by her love; the German miners who recognize their commonalities with the miners on the other side of the border.
This is an important story, reminding the viewer that humanity should always trump nationality.
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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