Overview
- Description
- The fifteen-year-old Johannes von Redel returns to his father's rural estate in Prussia after his mother dies. Johannes lived with his mother for ten years in Argentina, where he is portrayed as an urban, decadent, and fastidious Auslandsdeutscher [German living abroad] alienated from his German roots. After encountering trouble with his father, he enters a "Napola" [Nazi elite boarding school] where fellow students ridicule his alien customs and behavior. It is only after accomplishing a heroic deed during a military summer drill that he gains the comradeship of the elite pupils and is incorporated back into the Volksgemeinschaft [ethnic-racial community].
In the late 1930s, the Nazis increased efforts to persuade Germans living abroad to return to Germany or at least to reject the corrupt alien culture surrounding them abroad. This film propagates the Nazi idea that assimilation diminishes the superior quality of German blood when it is removed from the strengthening environment of its people. Furthermore, "Kopf hoch Johannes!" illustrates the superior Nazi teaching methods of command and obedience practiced in sport and military exercises that foster comradeship and heroism. As an advertising effort for Nazi boarding schools, most of the film was shot in the model-school of Oranientein near Diez. Goebbels strongly believed in the merits of such movies for educating and agitating the youth. This Staatsautragsfilm [film commissioned by the state] passed censorship on February 5, 1941 and premiered March 11, 1941. - Film Title
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Kopf hoch, Johannes! [Chin up, John!]
- Duration
- 00:46:29
- Date
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Production:
1941
- Locale
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Germany
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Library of Congress
- Contributor
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Director:
Viktor de Kowa
Script Contributor: T. Huppertz
Script Contributor: W. Krug
Script Contributor: F. von Eckardt
Producer: Majestic Film
Music: Harald Boehmelt
Camera Operator: Friedl Behn-Grund
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Feature.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 17:01:11:00 to 17:47:40:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 985 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 985 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 985 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 985 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 985 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 985 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 985 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 985 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
- Copyright
- Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
- Conditions on Use
- Researchers who wish to use this footage should contact the Bundesarchiv Filmarchiv at filmbenutzung@bundesarchiv.de to sign a release, or submit the online request form at: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/EN/Content/Downloads/request-for-use-av-material.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
- Copyright Holder
- Federal Republic of Germany. Bundesarchiv.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the films from the Library of Congress in October 1994.
- Note
- Released by Tobis.
Cast: Claus Detlef Sierck; Albrecht Schoenhals; Karl Dannemann; Karl Fochler; Otto Gebuehr; Gunnar Moeller; Leo Peukert; Renee Stobrawa; Rudolf Vones; Dorothea Wieck; Hans Zesch-Ballot; Volker von Collande; Eduard von Winterstein.
See Film and Video departmental files for additional documentation and a summary of the film. See also Story 1203, Film ID 984 for the continuation of this film. - Copied From
- 16mm; b/w
- Film Source
- Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 2587
Source Archive Number: FDA 0412 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
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- 2024-02-21 08:03:27
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