Storm over East Prussia (DVD)
When in August 1944 in two nightly bombing of RAF King's town went up in flames, the war had finally arrived in East Prussia. In early October 1944, the Red Army crossed after three years of terrible war in their own country for the first time the German border, it was vented a violent orgy of apocalyptic proportions. Nemmersdorf until the surrender of Königsberg on 9 April 1945 a whole, has grown over 700 years of culture was obliterated. The civilian population - if they survived the inferno - escaped in dramatic circumstances, mostly via the Baltic Sea, to the west. The army tried to hold out against an overwhelmingly superior force, escape routes to open as long as possible.
The two films in this double DVD describe, based on partially previously unseen photographs, Russian and German newsreels and interviews with numerous witnesses - soldiers and civilians, those who managed to escape, and those that have been overrun by the Red Army - with and photographs of the scenes today, like the tragedy of the sinking of East Prussia until the surrender in 1945 increased from act to act.
Soviet cameramen held her, as East Prussia fell one by one into the hands of the Red Army, as Tilsit, Insterburg, Olsztyn and Elblag burned and finally as the "storming of Koenigsberg" the capital was taken. During the January offensive of the Red Army was raging, the sinking of the "Wilhelm Gustloff" occurred, followed by other disasters. Then, after the fourth Army had been wiped out in the "Heiligenbeil encirclement" that a witness described as "a second Stalingrad", which remained in the fortress of Konigsberg population was left with the hope that by staying propaganda the promised "magic bullet" or a separate peace Germany with the Western Allies ...
Who has not experienced the drama of 1945 in East Germany is, for these movies have an idea of the scale of the tragedy in East Prussia.
As bonus material, the double DVD excerpts from reports of Soviet cinema "Kaliningrad" 1949 and 1951 are added. They show us how on the ruins of East Prussia region should emerge a Soviet pattern.
Author: Kristof Berking
A production of the DOCU VISION
Running Time: 210 minutes + 40 minutes of bonus movies
Image: 4: 3
Sound: Mono
Languages: German
Subtitle: none
Format: PAL
Region code: 0
EAN-Code: 4028032071214
Rated: from 16 years
