Pour le Mérite (1938)
December 22, 1938Release Date
Pour le Mérite (1938)
December 22, 1938Release Date
Plot.
This Nazi propaganda film chronicles the rise of the German Air Force ("Luftwaffe") from World War I until Adolf Hitler took power in 1933.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Hartmann
Rittmeister Prank
Herbert A. E. Böhme
Gerdes
Fritz Kampers
Moebius
Albert Hehn
Lt. Fabian
Paul Otto
Maj. Wissmann
Josef Dahmen
Unteroffizier Zuschlag
Karl Ritter
Director
Willi Rose
Gefreiter Krause
Details.
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Pour le Mérite is a 1938 propaganda film produced and directed by Karl Ritter for Nazi Germany. The film follows the story of officers of the Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Force) in the First World War who were later involved in the formation of the Luftwaffe. Pour le Mérite propagates the "stab legend", which consigns the German military defeat in World War I to an alleged treason in the homeland. At the same time, Ritter also glorifies the former fighter pilots as heroes of National Socialism.