Synopsis:
‘This historical satire, based on Heinrich Mann’s world-famous novel, Der Untertan, is ranked by film critics among the 100 Most Significant German Films of all time. In Mann’s biting critique of conservative Wilhelmine Germany, written during WWI, Diederich Hessling learns an important lesson for an ambitious man: one must first serve power to gain power for oneself. From then on, his modus operandi is to bow to superiors and kick underlings.’
– DEFA Film Library

Der.Untertan.AKA.Man.of.Straw.1951.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 48 min
Size: 	2.74 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	768x576 
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	3 401 kb/s
BPP: 	0.320
Audio
#1:  	German 2.0ch AAC LC @ 125 kb/s
#2:  	German 2.0ch AAC LC @ 76.7 kb/s (Commentary with film studies professor Rolf Giesen)

https://nitro.download/view/F0118364619244F/Der.Untertan.AKA.Man.of.Straw.1951.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):German, French
Subtitles:English

The post Wolfgang Staudte – Der Untertan AKA Man of Straw (1951) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

One of the worst of many inhuman aspects of World War II were the “penalty” battalions in the German army, dramatized in this excellent film about several men serving in these units. Director Harald Phillipp spares no ounce of realism in first relating what kinds of men are conscripted, and then how they are treated. One man’s crime was not returning to his unit on time, another did not follow unscrupulous orders, yet another supposedly mutilated himself in order to escape the draft. Once in a penalty battalion, the assignments and the superior officers are brutal. The men are sent to the most dangerous battle fronts, they are asked to de-mine without equipment, and no one balks at leaving them without weapons if a hasty retreat is in order. Sobering and well-photographed, the men’s stories are engrossing from beginning to end.
allmovie.com

Punishment Battalion 999 SDrip.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 48 min
Size: 	2.70 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	956x576 
Aspect ratio:  	5:3
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	3 377 kb/s
BPP: 	0.256
Audio
#1:  	German 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s 

https://nitro.download/view/2C3A812D404384C/Punishment_Battalion_999_SDrip.mkv

Language(s):German
Subtitles:English

The post Harald Philipp – Strafbataillon 999 aka Punishment Battalion 999 (1960) first appeared on Cinema of the World.