The Movie
Hitler Youth Quex (Ufa movie)| Staff | |
|---|---|
| Producer | Karl Ritter |
| Director | Hans Steinhoff |
| Script | Bobby E. Lüthge Karl Aloys Schenzinger |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| Ass. Camera | Fred Fernau Erich Rudolf Schmidke |
| Publicity Photography | Otto Schulz |
| Editing | Milo Habich |
| Set Design | Benno von Arent Arthur Günther |
| Make-up | Waldemar Jabs |
| Clothing | Berta Grützmacher Paul Haupt |
| Sound | Walter Tjaden Erich Leistner |
| Music | Hans-Otto Borgmann Baldur von Schirach |
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Heini Völker | Jürgen Ohlsen |
| Father Völker | Heinrich George |
| Mother Völker | Berta Drews |
| Brigade leader Cass | Claus Clausen |
| Fritz Dörris | a Hitler Youth |
| Gerda | Rotraut Richter |
| Stoppel | Hermann Speelmans |
| Franz | Hans Richter |
| Grundler | a Hitler Youth |
| Kowalski | Ernst Behmer |
| Doctor | Hans Joachim Büttner |
| Nurse | Franziska Kinz |
| Carnival singer | Rudolf Platte |
| Barker | Reinhold Bernt |
| Furniture dealer | Hans Deppe |
| Neighbor | Anna Müller-Lincke |
| Wilde | Karl Meixner |
| Grocer | Karl Hannemann |
| Desk sergeant | Ernst Rotmund |
| Bartender | Hans Otto Stern |
| Further | Herrmann Braun Heinz Trumper Hitler Youth units |
The novel provided the basis for a subsequent movie version, produced in the Universum Film AG (Ufa) studios. The plot was written by Bobby E. Lüthge and Karl Aloys Schenzinger, the author of the novel. Produced by Karl Ritter, the movie was supported by the Nazi leadership and produced for 320,000 reichsmarks under the aegis of Baldur von Schirach. The latter also wrote the lyrics for the Hitler Youth song "Unsere Fahne flattert uns voran", based on an existing melody by Hans-Otto Borgmann, who was also responsible for the music. The director was Hans Steinhoff. For the movie, the novel's title was amended with the subtitle Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend ("A film about the sacrificial spirit of German youth"). The movie has a length of 95 minutes (2,605 meters) and was premiered on 11 September 1933 in Ufa-Phoebus Palace, Munich, and on 19 September in Ufa-Palast am Zoo, Berlin. It was one of three movies about Nazi martyrs in 1933, the other two being SA-Mann Brand and Hans Westmar, and by January 1934 had been viewed by a million people.
The movie's message is characterized by its final words, "The flag means more than death".
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