S.A.-Mann Brand

S.A.-Mann Brand
S.A.-Mann Brand
Directed by	Franz Seitz Sr.
Written by	Curt J. Braun ; Joe Stöckel
Produced by	Franz Seitz Sr.
Starring	Heinz Klingenberg; Wera Liessem; Rolf Wenkhaus
Edited by	Gottlieb Madl
Music by	Toni Thoms
Production; company	Bavaria Film
Release date	14 June 1933;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

S.A.-Mann Brand (Storm Trooper Brand) is a German film made around the time that Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. It was released in mid-June 1933.

Plot

The film presents the story of a truck driver, Fritz Brand, who joins the Nazi Sturmabteilung to defend Germany against communist subversion orchestrated from Moscow. He persuades his social circle of the imminent danger and the need to support Hitler in the federal election.

Cast

Heinz Klingenberg as Fritz Brand
Wera Liessem as Anni Baumann
Rolf Wenkhaus as Erich Lohner
Hedda Lembach as Margaret Lohner
Otto Wernicke as Herr Brand
Elise Aulinger as Frau Brand
Joe Stöckel as Anton Huber
Helma Rückert as Genoveva Huber
Max Weydner as Alexandr Turow
Philipp Weichand as SA-Wirt
Fritz Greiner as Herr Baumann
Magda Lena as Frau Baumann
Rudolf Frank as Neuberg
Manfred Koempel as Pilot, himself
Theo Kaspar as himself
Wastl Witt as Wirt "Café Diana"
Rudolf Kunig as Stadtrat Rolat
Josef Eichheim as unknown

Production

S.A.-Mann Brand was the first feature-length film by the Nazis to cover the SA. It was filmed in Munich by Bavaria Film under the direction of Franz Seitz Sr. and a low budget. It was one of three propaganda films about the rise of the Nazi Party, along with Hitlerjunge Quex and Hans Westmar, made in 1933.^[1] It was written by Joe Stöckel. Over 1,600 extras were used for the film.^[2]

Release

The film was approved by censors on 9 June 1933, and released on 14 June.^[3] An incident occurred at opening night at the Gloria-Palast where thousands of SA and SS members walked out at the orders of Adolf-Heinz Beckerle. Beckerle claimed that the publicity posters were created by a Polish person and ordered them removed, but the owners of Gloria-Palast refused to.^[4] It was released in the United States as A Romance of Our Day.^[2]

Reception

A review in The New York Times noted favorably the film's production value and the absence of any anti-Semitic message but also expressed contempt for its unsophisticated plot.^[5] The film performed poorly even with the Nazi press as Der Angriff criticized Seitz for not having "the talent nor the competence necessary for a film of this importance".^[6]

References

^ Welch 1983, pp. 40–41.
^ ^a ^b Waldman 2008, p. 49.
^ Welch 1983, pp. 41.
^ Welch 1983, pp. 43–44.
^ H. T. S. (May 28, 1934). "THE SCREEN; A Nazi Film". The New York Times. p. 16. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
^ Welch 1983, pp. 44.

Works cited

Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786438617.
Welch, David (1983). Propaganda and the German Cinema: 1933-1945. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781860645204.

External links

S.A.-Mann Brand at IMDb
S.A.-Mann Brand is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
S.A. Mann Brand at AllMovie

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[FOOTNOTEWelch198340–41-1] Welch 1983, pp. 40–41.

[FOOTNOTEWaldman200849-2] Waldman 2008, p. 49.

[FOOTNOTEWelch198341-3] Welch 1983, pp. 41.

[FOOTNOTEWelch198343–44-4] Welch 1983, pp. 43–44.

[5] H. T. S. (May 28, 1934). "THE SCREEN; A Nazi Film". The New York Times. p. 16. Retrieved 2019-05-26.

[FOOTNOTEWelch198344-6] Welch 1983, pp. 44.

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