08/15 is a 1954–55 West German film trilogy directed by Paul May and based on the novel 08/15 by Hans Hellmut Kirst who also served as the film's screenwriter (published in English as "The Revolt of Gunner Asch"). The term 08/15 (nill-eight/fifteen, German: Null-Acht/Fünfzehn) refers to the German Army's standard machine gun, the 08/15 (or MG 08 model 15), by far, the most common German machine gun deployed in World War I. It was manufactured in such large quantities that it became the German Army slang for anything that was standard issue.[1]
The film follows the story of Private Asch, a German soldier in World War II. The film title implies that Asch, and the soldiers under his command, were unostentatious (i.e. "run-of-the-mill") characters deployed on the Eastern Front.[1]
The last of the 08/15 film trilogy ends with Germany being occupied by American soldiers who are portrayed as bubble-gum chewing, slack-jawed, uncultured louts, inferior in every respect to the heroic German soldiers.[1] The only exception is the Jewish emigrant, now a US officer, who is shown as both intelligent and unscrupulous, the fact interpreted by Professor Omer Bartov as implying that the "real tragedy of World War II was that the Nazis did not get a chance to exterminate all Semites, who have now returned with Germany's defeat to once more exploit the German people".[1] "Although Asch is never identified with the Americans – indeed, in the final film of the trilogy, the Americans appear to be nearly as dangerous a foe as the SS."[2]
^ abcdBartov, Omer (2004). "Celluloid Soldiers: Cinematic Images of the Wehrmacht". In Ljubica & Mark Erickson. Russia War, Peace and Diplomacy. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN0-297-84913-1.
^Screening War: Perspectives on German Suffering, page 26.
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Kapczynski, Jennifer M. (2010). "Armchair Warriors: Heroic Postures in the West German War Film". In Cooke, Paul; Silberman, Marc (eds.). Screening War: Perspectives on German Suffering. Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual. pp. 23–27. ISBN978-1-57113-437-0.
film, series, 1954, west, german, film, trilogy, directed, paul, based, novel, hans, hellmut, kirst, also, served, film, screenwriter, published, english, revolt, gunner, asch, term, nill, eight, fifteen, german, null, acht, fünfzehn, refers, german, army, sta. 08 15 is a 1954 55 West German film trilogy directed by Paul May and based on the novel 08 15 by Hans Hellmut Kirst who also served as the film s screenwriter published in English as The Revolt of Gunner Asch The term 08 15 nill eight fifteen German Null Acht Funfzehn refers to the German Army s standard machine gun the 08 15 or MG 08 model 15 by far the most common German machine gun deployed in World War I It was manufactured in such large quantities that it became the German Army slang for anything that was standard issue 1 08 15German PosterDirected byPaul MayWritten byPaul May Hans Hellmut Kirst Claus Hardt Ernst von SalomonBased on08 15by Hans Hellmut KirstProduced byIlse KubaschewskiCinematographyHeinz HolscherEdited byWalter Boos Arnfried HeyneMusic byRolf A WilhelmProductioncompanyDivina FilmDistributed byGloria Filmverleih AGCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman The film follows the story of Private Asch a German soldier in World War II The film title implies that Asch and the soldiers under his command were unostentatious i e run of the mill characters deployed on the Eastern Front 1 Contents 1 Premise 2 Parts 3 Cast 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksPremise editThe last of the 08 15 film trilogy ends with Germany being occupied by American soldiers who are portrayed as bubble gum chewing slack jawed uncultured louts inferior in every respect to the heroic German soldiers 1 The only exception is the Jewish emigrant now a US officer who is shown as both intelligent and unscrupulous the fact interpreted by Professor Omer Bartov as implying that the real tragedy of World War II was that the Nazis did not get a chance to exterminate all Semites who have now returned with Germany s defeat to once more exploit the German people 1 Although Asch is never identified with the Americans indeed in the final film of the trilogy the Americans appear to be nearly as dangerous a foe as the SS 2 Parts editPart 1 In der Kaserne In the Barracks Part 2 Im Krieg In War Part 3 In der Heimat Back Home de Cast editJoachim Fuchsberger as Private I Class Staff Sergeant Lieutenant Asch Helen Vita as Lore Schulz Peter Carsten as Corporal KowalskiNotes edit a b c d Bartov Omer 2004 Celluloid Soldiers Cinematic Images of the Wehrmacht In Ljubica amp Mark Erickson Russia War Peace and Diplomacy London Weidenfeld amp Nicolson ISBN 0 297 84913 1 Screening War Perspectives on German Suffering page 26 References editKapczynski Jennifer M 2010 Armchair Warriors Heroic Postures in the West German War Film In Cooke Paul Silberman Marc eds Screening War Perspectives on German Suffering Screen Cultures German Film and the Visual pp 23 27 ISBN 978 1 57113 437 0 External links edit08 15 at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 08 15 film series amp oldid 1188620704, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
