I wanted to bring to the attention of the collecting community the release of a new book by my friend and NS Film Poster collector, William Gillespie.
The Making of "The Crew of the Dora" Limited Edition - By William Gillespie.
The book I am sure will appeal to both film history buffs as well as Luftwaffe collectors who may have seen the film - 'Besatzung Dora' by Director Karl Ritter.
Available on Amazon & eBay.
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Crew-Do...+9780980861235
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/222035928516
It is also available from IHF (International Historic Films) in the USA as well as the DvD of the film, which I highly recommend purchasing as well.
For the first time in Third Reich Cinema literature, a book brings an insider's perspective to working within the dictatorship for Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry, the Reichsfilmintendanz, the OKW, and Ufa, who approved, then rejected, re-approved, supported, and in the end, banned The Crew of the Dora from cinemas altogether. The Crew of the Dora (1943) was the Third Reich's last contemporary combat feature film, written, produced and directed by the Ufa film studio's highly successful Karl Ritter (1888-1977). From producing Steinhoff's Hitlerjunge Quex to his own Pour le Mérite, Ritter's hard-hitting propaganda films had broken box office records and generated huge profits for Ufa. Stalin's USSR demanded he stand trial for war crimes in 1945 for Quex, Über alles in der Welt, Kadetten, and his anti-Communist films about the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet GPU. This book provides 120 pages of transcribed excerpts from Ritter's heretofore-unpublished diaries, following the conception, writing, production, filming and censorship of the film between May 1942 and March 1943. With 90 photographs, maps, sketches, and illustrations - many previously unpublished -The Making of The Crew of the Dora is an essential read for anyone interested in Nazi filmmaking. 320 pages, 90 photos & illustrations, Perfect-bound trade paperback. By William Gillespie, author of Karl Ritter - His Life and 'Zeitfilms' Under National Socialism (2nd edition, 2014).
The Making of "The Crew of the Dora" Limited Edition - By William Gillespie.
The book I am sure will appeal to both film history buffs as well as Luftwaffe collectors who may have seen the film - 'Besatzung Dora' by Director Karl Ritter.
Available on Amazon & eBay.
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Crew-Do...+9780980861235
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/222035928516
It is also available from IHF (International Historic Films) in the USA as well as the DvD of the film, which I highly recommend purchasing as well.
For the first time in Third Reich Cinema literature, a book brings an insider's perspective to working within the dictatorship for Joseph Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry, the Reichsfilmintendanz, the OKW, and Ufa, who approved, then rejected, re-approved, supported, and in the end, banned The Crew of the Dora from cinemas altogether. The Crew of the Dora (1943) was the Third Reich's last contemporary combat feature film, written, produced and directed by the Ufa film studio's highly successful Karl Ritter (1888-1977). From producing Steinhoff's Hitlerjunge Quex to his own Pour le Mérite, Ritter's hard-hitting propaganda films had broken box office records and generated huge profits for Ufa. Stalin's USSR demanded he stand trial for war crimes in 1945 for Quex, Über alles in der Welt, Kadetten, and his anti-Communist films about the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet GPU. This book provides 120 pages of transcribed excerpts from Ritter's heretofore-unpublished diaries, following the conception, writing, production, filming and censorship of the film between May 1942 and March 1943. With 90 photographs, maps, sketches, and illustrations - many previously unpublished -The Making of The Crew of the Dora is an essential read for anyone interested in Nazi filmmaking. 320 pages, 90 photos & illustrations, Perfect-bound trade paperback. By William Gillespie, author of Karl Ritter - His Life and 'Zeitfilms' Under National Socialism (2nd edition, 2014).
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