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Mein Bester Feind = My best enemy / eine Produktion von Aichholzer Filmproduktion GmBH ; in Koproduktion von Samsafilm ; produzent, Josef Aichholzer ; Buch, Paul Hengge ; Regie, Wolfgang Murnberger.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 025 868
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Austria--Drama.
- Art treasures in war--Austria--Drama.
- Jews--Austria--Drama.
- Nazis--Austria--Drama.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Drama.
- Nazis.
- Jews.
- Art treasures in war.
- Austria.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- War films.
- Chase films.
- Caper films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Austrian.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- [Widescreen presentation].
- Other Title:
- My best enemy
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Metrodome Distribution, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In German with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, PAL, Region 2; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound; 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby digital 2.0
- Dolby digital 5.1
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- region 2
- Summary:
- Vienna, 1930s. Victor Kaufmann, the son of a wealthy cosmopolitan Jewish couple who own an art gallery, shares with his best friend Rudi a well-kept family secret: a drawing by Michelangelo that was believed lost. In turn, Rudi reveals that he is a member of the Nazi party and is hoping that Austria's annexation to Germany will improve his career chances with the Nazis. As it gets increasingly unsafe for the Jews in Austria, the Kaufmanns transfer their estate to Victor's girlfriend to protect it from being confiscated, while Rudi, a Nazi, receives orders from Berlin to seize the Kaufmann's Michelangelo drawing, Unable to protect his friends, Rudi watches helplessly as the Kaufmanns are sent to a concentration camp. However, years later, when the Michelangelo drawing is to be presented to "Il Duce" as a gift from the Fuhrer in order to seal their alliance with Italy, the drawing is determined to be a fake. Rudi is then given an order to retrieve Victor from the concentration camp for an interrogation to determine the whereabouts of the real Michelangelo.
- Participant:
- Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss, Marthe Keller, Udo Samel, Uwe Bohm, Rainer Bock, Christoph Luser, Serge Falck.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Peter von Haller; editor, Evi Romen; music, Matthias Weber.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2011.
- Based on Wie es Victor Kaufmann gelang, Adolf Hitler doch noch zu überleben / [by] Paul Hengge.
- Special feature: "Behind enemy lines : go behind the story of survival and resistance against the rise of the Third Reich."
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1, enhanced for 16x9 TVs.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Flora Haney Fund.
- OCLC:
- 813987882
- Publisher Number:
- 5055002556319
- MTD5631 Metrodome Distribution
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