慕尼黑1945

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  • DocumentaryfootageshotinMunichbyCronauerandhisteam… DocumentaryfootageshotinMunichbyCronauerandhisteamjustafewweeksafteritwastakenbytheAmericantroopsonApril30,1945.Weseetheenormousdamageofthebombingswhichdestroyedabout90%ofthecenterofthecity.  Onthe30thofApril,1945,AmericantroopsmarchedintoMunich.Oneweeklater,onthe8thofMay,cametheunconditionalsurrenderoftheGermanReichunderAdmiralDönitz.Munichwasoneofthecitiesthathadsufferedthegreatestdevastation.90%oftheinnercitylayinruins,ithadlost22,346soldiersinbattle,6,632peopletobombings,andtheinjuredandhomelesscameto,respectively,15,000and30,000.Thoughmostmoviehouseshadbeeneitherdestroyedordamaged,screeningshadstilltakenplacein15MunichcinemasattheendofApril.LikewiseintactwasthepremisesofBavaria-FilmatGeiselgasteig,whereworkhadstillproceededintospring1945onproductionssuchasErichEngel'sEmilJanningscomedyWOISTHERBELLING?,theTheoLingenfilmsPHILINEandLIEBESHEIRATandRobertA.Stemmle'sGELDINSHAUS,withHansMoserallfilmsthathadnotbeencompletedbytheendofthewar.  Onthe10thofMaytheBavaria-Filmstudioswereputunderthecontrolofthe6870thDistrictInformationServicesControlCommandoftheInformationControlDivision.AlthoughInformationControlregulationNo.1,thatcameintoforceonthe12thofMay,allowedforexceptionstothebanonGermanfilmactivity,subjecttoregistrationandlicensing,atfirstnoGermanproductionswerepermitted.TheonlyexceptionseemstohavebeenWilliCronauer,whoinJune1945wasalreadyabletoshootfootageintheruinedcityforhisprivatelyfinanceddocumentaryfilmprojectMÜNCHEN1945.Filmingbeginsonthe3rdofJune,1945,when,forthefirsttimeinyears,aCorpusChristiprocessiongoesthroughMunich.Cronauerneverfinisheseditinghismaterial,onlyoccasionallyshowingaroughcut,"withoutmusicorwordsorstars,"astheSüddeutscheZeitungputit.Bavaria-FilminGeiselgasteigisforbiddenproductionactivity.Trusteesareputinchargeandonlytechnicalservicesmaybeoffered.Onthe25thofJuly,afewMunichcinemasthathavenotbeendestroyedarereopenedthoughonlyfortheentertainmentofU.S.soldiers.Notuntilthe1stofAugustdoesacinemaforciviliansopeninMunich.SubtitledAmericanfilms,allemanatingfromtheAllgemeinenFilmverleih,setupontheBavariagroundsandsubservienttotheICD,monopolisetheschedules.TheWELTIMFILMnewsreel,producedsinceMayinLondon,precedesthefeatures.WhenproductionofthenewsreelistransferredfromLondontoGeiselgasteiginAugust,1945,thereisasignificantincreaseinitemsaboutMunichanditssurroundings.

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