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1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1959
The first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War II, as well as the nation's first postwar film to be widely shown internationally, even securing an Oscar nomination. Set near the end of the war, it follows a group of teenage boys in a small town as they contend with everyday matters like school, girls, and parents, before enlisting as soldiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battle
Special features: New 2K digital restoration; New interviews with writer Gregor Dorfmeister, with filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, with director Bernhard Wicki; Excerpt from a 2007 documentary by Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss; Plus, an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty
Director, Bernhard Wicki
Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz
DVD; Aspect ratio, 1.37:1 presentation
German audio; English subtitles