Kameradschaft / Comradeship (1931) :
Brief Review -
Not a film but a hammer that blowed the wall of cultural and national differences because Humanity doesn't know any cast and nationality. Kameradschaft is a fine example of stone-breaking attempt through one of the most powerful medium called Cinema. It's not a film, i mean I would hate to consider it just as a film and rather would like it to be noted as a cultural phenomena that breaks the walls of nationalism. If this isn't enough then not to forget that Kameradschaft is the greatest combination of expressionism and neo-realism ever appeared on silver screen. Kameradschaft is a Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion. With the help of gripping narrative it sends out a strong message of humanity and unity beyond cultural and national differences. And then the neo-realism strikes to blow your mind with noir impact of the bitter truth. This is by far the best and the most important film of G W Pabts's career for me. His earlier acclaimed films like 'Pandora's Box' and 'Diary Of A Lost Girl' still had few shortcomings in my opinion but i don't see any such thing with Kameradschaft so i don't mind calling it a Classic (what i didn't call to those 2 films). The cast list is long and i don't think it will be fair to name any single name just to pick as the best and all the actors are fine by the way. The screenplay is little slow in the beginning but that didn't seem like a problem as the runtime didn't strech any useless elements in those engaging 88 minutes. It has a powerful dialogues and the shocking references from the reality of inhumanity people did carry that time hence the hard-hitting values are up by a level. Overall, a mind-blowing lesson on Humanity with artistic expressions.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest
Not a film but a hammer that blowed the wall of cultural and national differences because Humanity doesn't know any cast and nationality. Kameradschaft is a fine example of stone-breaking attempt through one of the most powerful medium called Cinema. It's not a film, i mean I would hate to consider it just as a film and rather would like it to be noted as a cultural phenomena that breaks the walls of nationalism. If this isn't enough then not to forget that Kameradschaft is the greatest combination of expressionism and neo-realism ever appeared on silver screen. Kameradschaft is a Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion. With the help of gripping narrative it sends out a strong message of humanity and unity beyond cultural and national differences. And then the neo-realism strikes to blow your mind with noir impact of the bitter truth. This is by far the best and the most important film of G W Pabts's career for me. His earlier acclaimed films like 'Pandora's Box' and 'Diary Of A Lost Girl' still had few shortcomings in my opinion but i don't see any such thing with Kameradschaft so i don't mind calling it a Classic (what i didn't call to those 2 films). The cast list is long and i don't think it will be fair to name any single name just to pick as the best and all the actors are fine by the way. The screenplay is little slow in the beginning but that didn't seem like a problem as the runtime didn't strech any useless elements in those engaging 88 minutes. It has a powerful dialogues and the shocking references from the reality of inhumanity people did carry that time hence the hard-hitting values are up by a level. Overall, a mind-blowing lesson on Humanity with artistic expressions.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest