Of the two films that we have viewed so far, Stalingrad is by far my favortie. As I was watching the film, it had my attention so completely that I forgot that the characters were speaking German and I was reading the subtitles. The only downfall that I could see was the poor quality of the early 1990's special effects. In spite of the special effects, the sheer number of "wow" moments such as one scene where a soldier commits suicide never let the action slow down and I was never bumped out of the film. I really enjoyed this film and would definetly recommend it to everyone in the class.
Steve
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Stalingrad Summary/Review
Stalingrad is a 1993 film by Joseph Vilsmaier, which depicts the horrors of combat on the Eastern Front of World War II. Throughout the movie, a platoon of German Army soldiers make their way from Italy, where they enjoyed some time off, to Russia, where they find themselves in a brutal and gruesome battle of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most important battles in WWII where the Russian soldiers and winter defeated the German forces. During the movie, the men of the platoon face many challenges that exist in urban warfare, including being arrested for threatening a doctor after one of their men is injured. They are punished by being sent away to kill tanks in Siberia but eventually make their way back to the front. In the end, they become weary of the atrocities of battle and decide to desert and try to return home.
Posted by Ben - Edited by Mark
Stalingrad - Impressions
After viewing Stalingrad, it is apparent that it was produced similarly to most of the American films that we regualry watch. Some of the things that made it appealing to me were the action sequences, camera angles, and overall production quality. Along with these production qualities, the story line itself was intriquing. The story tells of soldiers that are being forced to fight against their will by Nazi Germany and their struggle to get back to their families and normal lives. I really enoyed this film and would recommend it to anyone looking to watch a foreign war film.
Posted by Tom Lawver
Posted by Tom Lawver
Production Notes over Stalingrad
Stalingrad was filmed in Finland, Italy, and the Czech Republic. The majority of the filming was done by Günther Bauer, Michael Beitz, and Ergün Cevik. The film editor was Hannes Nikel. This film uses a spherical cinematographic process. The camera was often times running alongside of the soldiers to give the viewer a feeling as if they were right there.
Steve
Steve
Pictures and Box Office Stats
Stats and information found from Boxofficemojo,com. The movie Stalingrad was distributed by the company Strand on May 24, 1995. On opening weekend it brought in 10,882 dollars. The domestic gross total is approximately 152,972 dollars.
Sam Craciun
History of director/writer/main characters
Director:Joseph Vilsmaier was born the 24 of January 1939 in Munich, Bavaria Germany. was married to Dana Vavrova and had three children. Vilsmaier has directed over 20 films and has produced seventeen.
Writer: Jurgen Buscher: has written eight films and been a part of the filming crew for four films.
Actor: Dominique Horwitz was born on the 23 of April, the year of 1957. Growing up he was a shop-assistant at a department store. He resided with his partner Anne Wittig. Besides being in films Horwitz was a respectable singer, who song in "The Best of Dreigroschenoper". He also as participated in over 87 films or shows.
Actor:Thomas Kretschmann was born on the eighth of September, the year of 1962. He resided in Germany. After performing in a couple American films he has settled in Los Angeles with Lena (girl friend) and his three children, Sascha, Nicolas, Stella.
Posted by: Thomas Lawver
Writer: Jurgen Buscher: has written eight films and been a part of the filming crew for four films.
Actor: Dominique Horwitz was born on the 23 of April, the year of 1957. Growing up he was a shop-assistant at a department store. He resided with his partner Anne Wittig. Besides being in films Horwitz was a respectable singer, who song in "The Best of Dreigroschenoper". He also as participated in over 87 films or shows.
Actor:Thomas Kretschmann was born on the eighth of September, the year of 1962. He resided in Germany. After performing in a couple American films he has settled in Los Angeles with Lena (girl friend) and his three children, Sascha, Nicolas, Stella.
Posted by: Thomas Lawver
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Battleship Potemkin - Time Period
This movie was made in 1925 and was an important, early example of using films as propaganda, especially through the use of montage. The director of this film, Sergei Eisenstein, helped to develop the style of montage, or the splicing together of two or more different shots to create a new one with new meaning, and this film was his testing ground to see how it would effect an audience. He wanted to move the audience's emotions to side with a certain character or group of people, which in this case was the crew of the Potemkin and the revolutionists against the tsars.
For the time this film was made, the amount of violence was shocking and appalling. Many countries simply banned it from being shown or edited out the offending material.
John
For the time this film was made, the amount of violence was shocking and appalling. Many countries simply banned it from being shown or edited out the offending material.
John
Production Notes and Misc.
Battleship Potemkin was filmed with a single unit 35 mm tripod camera. The camera is always in a fixed position throughout the film and does not pan. Battleship Potemkin was filmed in Ukraine. The actual battleship in the movie was Dvenadstat Apostolov, because the real Potemkin was destroyed previously.
Steve
Steve
Personal Informtion
Sergei Eisenstein - Director and co-writer was born January 23, 1898 in Latvia and died February 10, 1948. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Riga, Latvia. He attended multiple institutions including, Civil Engineering School, Officers Engineering School, General Staff Academy, Moscow,State School for Stage Direction. He enjoyed drawing cartoons for fun and working in the theatre while growing up.
Nina Agadzhanova Shutko co-writer, was born October 27, 1889 in Yekaterinodar Russia and Died Febuary 14, 1974
The casting members in this film had very little information about their life and careers. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Tom Lawver
Nina Agadzhanova Shutko co-writer, was born October 27, 1889 in Yekaterinodar Russia and Died Febuary 14, 1974
The casting members in this film had very little information about their life and careers. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Tom Lawver
Battleship Potemkin
This was a very unique film. It was a slient film that was very unique. I personally liked the way the director used the camera angles. When it was a crucial point in the movie he would take close up pictures that showed a lot of emotion. This was a great filmic device.
posted by Ben
posted by Ben
review battleship potemkin
I found this movie rather difficult to watch. This is because of the way the movie was filmed. It is a silent film and and only music is played. It was put together like a powerpoint, whereas after the picture slide another slide with writing would appear. This made it hard to follow for me.
--Mark--
--Mark--
Box Office / Distribution Information
While searching for box office facts and figures, I found some interesting distribution information.
The film was originally released on December 21, 1925 in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was first released in the United States on December 5, 1926 in New York City.
This film is known by different names in different countries -
-Battleship Potemkin (USA)
-Bronomzidi Potiomkini (Soviet Union)
-Potemkin (USA)
-The Armored Cruiser Potemkin (USA)
-The Battleship Potemkin (USA)
-The Battleship Potyomkin (USA : alternative transliteration)
The film varied in length in different countries-
-Regular film is 75 minutes
-In Argentina length is 80 minutes
-Russian DVD version is 71 minutes in length
-In Spain film runs for 70 minutes
-USA films is 66 minutes in length
Posted by - Mark Zimmerman
Battleship Potemkin
The Battleship Potemkin was directed in 1925 by Sergei M. Eisenstein. It is a silent film that stirred up a lot of emotion in the Soviet Union, Russia. It takes place in 1905 in the Soviet Union, it begin on the famous battleship called Potemkin. On the battleship, the crews man are forced to eat rotten meat covered with maggots, because of this the crew rebels against the oppressive officers. In return the head crews man is shot and killed, as they over take the officers and return to the dock yard, where people from all over come to mourn for the brave leader. As the story turns, more emotion is poured into the film. Sergei truly created a master piece because of the powerful filming styles he used.
Sam Craciun
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