简介：DeutschlandisunderthepowerofRome;theheartlessEmpire,everinneedofnewconquests,ismercilessanditslegionspillageandsackthroughoutthelandwithdeepGallichatred.Hermann,sonoftheCherusciprinceSegimer,isahostageattheserviceofRomeandhasbeengiventhenameof"Armin."Ultimately,hewillleadanarmyofhiscountrymenanddriveouttheRomantyrants. "DieHermannschlacht",directedbyHerrLeoKöniginthesilentyearof1924,isaclassicalTeutonicsilentfilminitsconceptsandidiosyncrasies,ItcontainsmanyoftheelementsthatagenuineGermancountlikesverymuch:exaggeratedTeutonicmythsandhabits(forexample,howGermansinventedeuthanasiawhich,inthoseoldsays,consistedofthrowingyourselfdownahillwhentheendisnear-atriflingmatterwhenyouknowWalhallaawaits),angryGotts,epicnationalismandrudebeardedGermanswarriorswearingfurcostumeswithmatchinghelmetswithhornsorwings(fashionableancientmodes).TheRomansmaybethevillainsofthefilmbutatthetimeofthefilm'srelease,GermanaudienceswouldbethinkingabouttheFrenchoccupationoftheRuhrarea. ItmustbesaidthatHerrKönig,inordertodepictthoseancienttimesin"DieHermannschlacht",madeaccordinglyafilmthat,inartisticaspects,seemsasprimitiveastheCheruscitribes.OfcoursethereareproblemswithintheGermantribesincludingtraitors,collaborationwiththeenemyanddividedfamiliesbutanygenuineTeutonicwillfindthefilmhiscupoftea(well,theGermanspreferajarofschnapps)asthestoryisabouthisancestorsandwillenlightenthoseunfortunateswhoarenotTeutonic.TheactorsplayingthoserudeoldGermansdosoinaveryhistrionicmannerandsometimesthefilmseesolderthantheCheruscitribes… "DieHemannschlacht"wasoldfashionedevenatthetimewhenitwasmade,andtodayitseemsdeliciouslykitschbutit'sauniqueandgenuineprimitiveTeutonicsilent,jawohl!. Andnow,ifyou'llallowme,ImusttemporarilytakemyleavebecausethisGermanCountmustfreeonerichandfatheiressfromhercorset. HerrGrafFerdinandVonGalitzienhttp://ferdinandvongalitzien.blogspot.com…