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041			_ager _bger _beng _hger _jeng
046			_k1977
050			_aPN1997 _b.A870 1977
100			_aTheodor Kotulla
245			_aAus einem deutschen Leben _bDeath Is My Trade _cTheodor Kotulla _h[videorecording]=
246			_aDeath Is My Trade
246			_aFrom A German Life
260			_aGermany _bIduna Film Produktiongesellschaft _bWestdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) _c1977
300			_a1 videodisc (ca. 145 min.) _bsound, black and white. _c4 3/4 in.
500			_aBased on the 1952 biographical novel "La mort est mon métier" ("Death Is My Trade") by Robert Merle.
520			_aFrom case cover: Was aus einem braven Bürger and Untertanen, einem kritiklosen Befehlsempfänger, einem Mitläufer, einem Durchschnittsmenschen, wie wir alle es sind, werden kann - Theodor Kotulla demonstriert es am Beispiel von Rudolf Höß (im Film Franz Lang, gespielt von Götz George), der von 1940 bis zum Ende KZ-Kommandant in Auschwitz war und 1947 eben dort von den Polen hingerichlet wurde. Dem Film, der auf Robert Merles Roman ,,Der Tod ist mein Metier" basiert, gelingt der vom Regisseur angestrebte Ausgleich zwischen Dokument und ,,fiction", der ihn glaudwürdig und zu einem Stück noch längst nicht unaktuellen Anschauungsunterrichts macht. What a good citizen and subject, an unquestioning follower of orders, and an average man like all of us can turn into is demonstrated by Theodor Kotulla's portrayal of Rudoft Hoess (called "Fritz Lang" in the film and played by Goetz George), commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp from 1940 til the end and who ended up being hanged there by the Poles in 1947. The film, based on Robert Merle's novel, "Death is My Trade", successfully balances fact and fiction, making the whole thing seem historically factual and providing a valuable lesson to the viewer. In line with the times, just a short time before the TV-series Holocaust made its appearance, the violence associated with the subject is "sanitized" and only barely hinted at. Nevertheless, the monologue at film's end, detailing the "special handling" of the transports which arrived at Birkenau's ramps up to and including the eventual gassing of the majority of the deported, is as catastrophic in its graphic nature as it is distressing in its monotone delivery.
538			_aDVD video; Dolby Digital; monaural; NTSC; Region 0; 1.66:1 fullscreen.
546			_aGerman audio. Optional English subtitles.
700			_aTheodor Kotulla _eWriter. _eDirector.
700			_aRobert Merle _c"La mort est mon métier" _c"Death Is My Trade" _eAuthor. _d1952.
700			_aGötz George _eActor.
700			_aElisabeth Schwarz _eActor.
700			_aKurt Hübner _eActor.
700			_aHans Korte _eActor.
700			_aMatthias Fuchs _eActor.
700			_aKai Taschner _eActor.
700			_aSiegurd Fitzek _eActor.
700			_aPeter Franke _eActor.
700			_aWilfried Elste _eActor.
700			_aWalter Czaschke _eActor.
700			_aClaus-Dieter Reents _eActor.
700			_aAnke Tegtmeyer _eActor.
700			_aHermann Günther _eActor.
700			_aPeter Petran _eActor.
700			_aWerner Eichhorn _eActor.
700			_aPeter Moland _eActor.
700			_aWerner Schwuchow _eActor.
700			_aHans Schulze _eActor.
700			_aVolker Canaris _eProducer.
700			_aNils Nilson _eProducer.
700			_aEberhard Weber _eMusician.
700			_aDieter Naujeck _eCinematographer.
700			_aWolfgang Richter _eEditor.
942			_2lcc _cDVD
999			_c1231 _d1231