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Obyknovennyy fashizm Triumph Over Violence Mikhail Romm [videorecording]=

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: German Summary language: German, English Original language: German Subtitle language: English Publication details: Soviet Union Mosfilm Trete Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie 1965Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 138 min.) sound, black and white. 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Triumph Over Violence
  • Der gewöhnliche Faschismus
Uniform titles:
  • Triumph Over Violence Der gewöhnliche Faschismus
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .O295 1965
Summary: From case cover: Der russische Regisseur Michail Romm versucht anhand von historischem Bildmaterial aus der Zeit des Nazi - Regimes am Phänomen des Faschismus das unmenschliche Antlitz sichtbar zu machen und den Mechanismus des Betruges an Millionen von Menschen aufzudecken. Er analysiert die menschliche Psyche. Sein bewusst eingesetzter, persönlicher Kommentar verleiht dem Angriff der Bilder auf Entstehung und Erscheinungsformen des Faschismus stärkeren Ausdruck. Mit Hilfe der zusätzlichen Worte unter Anwendung rhetorischer Mittel in seinem Kommentar werden die Zusammenhänge zwischen Bild und Kontext hervorgehoben und verdeutlicht, um andere Interpretationen auszuschileßen. Romms Methode der filmischen Montage folgt der rhetorischen Figur der Ironie und ist Ansatz und Versuch zugleich, durch Aufdeckung und Zerstörung der Sehkonventionen des Zuschauers, die Geschehnisse des Zweiten Weltkrieges besser begreifbar zu machen. Russian director Mikhail Romm attempts to show Fascism's inhumane face via historical films and pictures taken during the Nazi era and to reveal the mechanisms by which millions of people were defrauded. The film analyzes the roots of Fascism and its disastrous impact on the human psyche. His personal commentary throughout the film provides an understanding of the phenomenon not previously gleaned from the original viewing of the material. Ironically, much of his commentary could just as easily have been used for another, very similar phenomenon: the cult of Stalinism, which swept the USSR at the very same time -- and previous to -- the events shown here were being filmed. Nevertheless, all irony and righteous disgust aside, the commentary fits the subject matter and stresses, point by point and event by event, why the world doesn't need Fascism, even if it's alive and well in many countries today and most likely will be in the future in spite of reasonable interpretations of the plague as presented in this film. An excellent primer film about the Third Reich and its "culture".
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From case cover:
Der russische Regisseur Michail Romm versucht anhand von historischem Bildmaterial aus der Zeit des Nazi - Regimes am Phänomen des Faschismus das unmenschliche Antlitz sichtbar zu machen und den Mechanismus des Betruges an Millionen von Menschen aufzudecken. Er analysiert die menschliche Psyche. Sein bewusst eingesetzter, persönlicher Kommentar verleiht dem Angriff der Bilder auf Entstehung und Erscheinungsformen des Faschismus stärkeren Ausdruck. Mit Hilfe der zusätzlichen Worte unter Anwendung rhetorischer Mittel in seinem Kommentar werden die Zusammenhänge zwischen Bild und Kontext hervorgehoben und verdeutlicht, um andere Interpretationen auszuschileßen. Romms Methode der filmischen Montage folgt der rhetorischen Figur der Ironie und ist Ansatz und Versuch zugleich, durch Aufdeckung und Zerstörung der Sehkonventionen des Zuschauers, die Geschehnisse des Zweiten Weltkrieges besser begreifbar zu machen.

Russian director Mikhail Romm attempts to show Fascism's inhumane face via historical films and pictures taken during the Nazi era and to reveal the mechanisms by which millions of people were defrauded. The film analyzes the roots of Fascism and its disastrous impact on the human psyche. His personal commentary throughout the film provides an understanding of the phenomenon not previously gleaned from the original viewing of the material. Ironically, much of his commentary could just as easily have been used for another, very similar phenomenon: the cult of Stalinism, which swept the USSR at the very same time -- and previous to -- the events shown here were being filmed. Nevertheless, all irony and righteous disgust aside, the commentary fits the subject matter and stresses, point by point and event by event, why the world doesn't need Fascism, even if it's alive and well in many countries today and most likely will be in the future in spite of reasonable interpretations of the plague as presented in this film.
An excellent primer film about the Third Reich and its "culture".

DVD video; Dolby Digital; monaural; NTSC; Region 0; 4:3 fullscreen.

German audio. Optional English subtitles.

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