Kameradschaft
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Swedish theatrical release poster
by Eric Rohman |
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| Directed by | G. W. Pabst |
| Produced by | Seymour Nebenzal |
| Screenplay by |
Ladislaus Vajda Peter Martin Lampel |
| Story by | Karl Otten |
| Music by | G. von Rigelius |
| Cinematography |
Robert Baberske Fritz Arno Wagner |
| Edited by |
Jean Oser Marc Sorkin |
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| Distributed by | Vereinigte Star-Film Cineldé Associated Cinemas |
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Running time
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93 minutes (Germany) 86 minutes (Janus) |
| Country | Weimar Republic France |
| Language |
German French |
Comradeship (German: Kameradschaft, known in France as La Tragédie de la mine) is a 1931 dramatic directed by Austrian director G. W. Pabst. The French-German co-production drama is noted for combining expressionism and realism.
The picture concerns a mine disaster where German miners rescue French miners from an underground fire and explosion. The story takes place in the Lorraine/Saar region, along the border between France and Germany. It is based on an actual historical event, one of the worst industrial accidents in history, the Courrières mine disaster in 1906 in Courrières, France, where rescue efforts after a coal dust explosion were hampered by the lack of trained mine rescuers. Expert teams from Paris and Germany – miners from the Westphalia region – came to the assistance of the French miners. There were 1,099 fatalities, including children.
Kameradschaft in German means a bond between soldiers or those who have similar opinions and are in friendship. The word is similar to , or .
Two boys, one French and the other German, are playing marbles near the border between the two countries. When the game is over, both boys claim to have won, and complain that the other is trying to steal their marbles. Their fathers, border guards, come and separate the boys.
In 1919, at the end of World War I the border between France and Germany changes, and an underground mine is split in two, with a gate dividing the two sections. An economic downturn and rising unemployment adds to tension between the two countries, as German workers seek employment in France but are turned away, since there are hardly enough jobs for French workers.
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