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The Red Orchestra

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"The Red Orchestra" was the most important resistance group inside the Third Reich, a vast spy network mainly located in Brussels and Paris during the Second World War. Those activists help the Jews persecuted by the regime, hide deserters and gather military information that will be decisive for the victory of the allies. By comparing the images and the narrative of a film made in the German Federal Republic (GFR) and a series made in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the early 1970s, each of the two films only telling half the truth, but also by meeting the descendants of these courageous men, shootings on the important places of this history and by inviting some specialists of that time, the director Carl-Ludwig Rettinger proposes to shed light on this network of mythical spy.

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Nora Lee Mandel Maven's Nest Mar 19, 2021
9/10
Fascinating, complex documentary on anti-Nazi resistance spy cells, including Jewish women, primarily Communists, who should be more known and how Cold War kept them unknown. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Carl-Ludwig Rettinger

Director

Lorenz Findeisen

Director

Carl-Ludwig Rettinger

Writer

Gidi Avivi

Producer

Joachim Ortmanns

Producer

Isabelle Truc

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Synopsis "The Red Orchestra" was the most important resistance group inside the Third Reich, a vast spy network mainly located in Brussels and Paris during the Second World War. Those activists help the Jews persecuted by the regime, hide deserters and gather military information that will be decisive for the victory of the allies. By comparing the images and the narrative of a film made in the German Federal Republic (GFR) and a series made in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the early 1970s, each of the two films only telling half the truth, but also by meeting the descendants of these courageous men, shootings on the important places of this history and by inviting some specialists of that time, the director Carl-Ludwig Rettinger proposes to shed light on this network of mythical spy.
Director
Carl-Ludwig Rettinger, Lorenz Findeisen
Producer
Gidi Avivi, Joachim Ortmanns, Isabelle Truc
Screenwriter
Carl-Ludwig Rettinger, Carl-Ludwig Rettinger
Production Co
Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Iota Production, Vice Versa Films
Genre
Documentary, Drama
Original Language
German
Runtime
2h 5m
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