Frozen Flashes (film)

Frozen Flashes (film)
Die gefrorenen Blitze
Directed by János Veiczi
Produced by Erich Kühne
Written by Dr. Julius Mader, Harry Thürk
Starring Alfred Müller
Music by Günter Klück
Cinematography Günter Haubold
Editing by Ruth Ebel
Studio DEFA
Distributed by PROGRESS-Film Verleih
Release date(s) 14 April 1967
Running time 165 minutes
part 1: 77 minutes
part 2: 88 minutes
Country East Germany
Language German

Die gefrorenen Blitze (Frozen Lightning; English-language title: Frozen Flashes; French-language title: Et l'Angleterre sera détruite, England Would Be Destroyed) is a two-part 1967 East-German film. The plot revolves around the history of the resistance movement in Peenemünde during the Second World War and its attempt to sabotage the V-2 program.

Contents

Plot

Part 1: Target Peenemünde

on 5 November 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives the Oslo Report, but the Military Intelligence doubts its veracity. The German research in Peenemünde goes undisturbed from the British. In spite of this, various resistance groups gather information about the site and attempt to hinder the missiles' development, taking great risks.

Part 2: Password Paperclip

After an Allied bombing wreaks great damage in Peenemünde, the local resistance manages to smuggle V-2 parts to Britain, where they would be analyzed by the Allies' technical intelligence. The Allies decide that the genius of the rockets' creator must be exploited by them. As the end of the war looms near, Peenemünde is abandoned. In Los Alamos, a new, deadlier weapon is being developed.

Cast

  • Alfred Müller as Dr. Grunwald
  • Leon Niemczyk as Stefan
  • Dietrich Körner as the 'rocket baron' (Werner von Braun)
  • Emil Karewicz as Jerzy
  • Victor Beaumont as chief of British intelligence
  • Mark Dignam as Sir John
  • Ewa Wisniewska as Hanka
  • Fritz Diez as Adolf Hitler
  • Mikhail Ulyanov as General Alexander Gorbatov
  • Gerd Michael Henneberg as Albert Speer
  • Renate Blume as Ingrid
  • Werner Lierck as Private First Class Draeger
  • Georges Aubert as Father Mollard
  • Reimar Baur John as Dr. Kummerow
  • John Mercator as Colonel Briggs
  • Alan Winnington as chief of the reconnaissance
  • Peter Doherty as squadron commander
  • Helmut Schreiber as attaché
  • Jiří Vršťala as Professor Rahn
  • Steffen Klaus as Colpi
  • Vera Oelschlegel as secretary
  • Ingeborg Ottmann as Marianne
  • Achim Schmidtchen as the Obergruppenführer
  • Heinrich Narenta as Heinrich Himmler
  • Hannjo Hasse as SA officer Zech

Production

The work on Die Gefrorene Blitze began already at 1964, and took three years to be completed. Writer Harry Thürk and director János Veiczi conducted extensive research in four countries: the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland. The script was mainly based on Dr. Julius Mader's book "Secrets from Huntsville: the True Career of the Rockets Baron Werner von Braun." The producers deemed the film as one that continued the tradition of DEFA's classical antifascist pictures, focusing on the struggle of people from many different countries - including a catholic priest from France, a character whose portrayal as positive was not common in East Germany - to prevent the Nazis from developing long-range missiles. The title was derived from a common sobriquet for the V2 missiles - "Frozen Lightning".[1]

Reception

The film was screened outside the competition in the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It won the Golden Apsara Award in the 1969 Pnom Penh International Film Festival.[3]

References

  1. ^ Die gefrorenen Blitze on the Staatkircheforschunsgamt website.
  2. ^ Et l'Angleterre sera détruite on the Cannes Festival website.
  3. ^ Die gefrorenen Blitze on PROGRESS-Film Verleih.

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