Muenchen 1945 & Zwichen gestern und morgen (Cronauer) (2DVD)

The 2-disc DVD presents newly restored footage which was shot in Munich just a few weeks after it was taken by the American troops on April 30, 1945. We see the enormous damage of the bombings which destroyed about 90% of the center of the city.
Harald Braun's Zwischen gestern und morgen was the first post-war film shot in Munich. Love, betrayal and tragedy occur one night in a luxury hotel. Years later the protagonists are united again and face a decade of regrets, hate and unanswered questions caused by the war. Their lives are in ruins, just like the bombed hotel.
The film features many former UFA stars, as well as Hildegard Knef who became the first new star of the German post-war cinema.







DVD 1
München 1945, 76'
Directed, written and produced by: Willy Cronauer
Photographed by: Bartl Seyr, Kurt Grigoleit, Germany 1945

Fronleichnam 3. Juni 1945 München, 9'
Photos from the shooting
20-page booklet with texts by Elisabeth Angermayr, Stefan Drössler and Peter Nau

DVD 2
Zwischen gestern und morgen, 103'
Directed by: Harald Braun
Written by: Harald Braun, Herbert Witt, Jacob Geis
Cinematography by: Günther Anders
Music by: Werner Eisbrenner
Cast: Willy Birgel, Winnie Markus, Hildegard Knef, Sibylle Schmitz, Viktor de Kowa, Viktor Staal, Carsta Löck, Erich Ponto
Produced by: Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft, München, Germany 1947

Welt im Film: Filmstart in Geiselgasteig 1947, 3'

Photos from the shooting

4:3 (PAL) / 1.37:1 / Dolby Digital 2.0 / language: German / optional subtitling: English