- In the depths of the Great Depression and in the waning days of the crumbling Weimar Republic, a poor Berlin youth is torn between loyalty to his unemployed Communist father and his ever-growing fascination of the Hitler Youth movement.
- In the depths of the Great Depression and in the waning days of the crumbling Weimar Republic, the poverty-stricken Berlin youth and printer's apprentice, Heini Völker, finds himself torn between loyalty to his unemployed Communist supporter father and his ever-growing fascination of the Hitler Youth movement. Against the backdrop of a severe political and socio-economic crisis right before Adolf Hitler's rise to power as chancellor on January 1933, both the Young Communist International and the Hitler Youth want Heini; however, the boy has already made up his mind. From that point on, things can only go from bad to worse, as Heini, the "Quex", refuses to take part in a bombing raid on a new Nazi dormitory, only to further complicate matters when he insists on distributing leaflets in his old neighborhood. Is the road of National Socialism combined with the spirit of sacrifice of the eager German youth the answer for a better future and a powerful Germany?—Nick Riganas
- A Nazi propaganda film based upon the life and death of Hitler Youth Heini Volker, killed while distributing flyers in a Communist neighborhood.—Dawn M. Barclift
- Heini Völker, son of communist parents in Berlin, is invited by the Communist Youth Organisation to a camping trip near Berlin, but he thinks the Hitlerjugend is more attractive, they've got more discipline and a better organization. His father wants him to become a member of the Communists, but he received an invitation to the HJ. A friend of his father, the local leader of the Communist youth, has arranged an attack on the HJ rooms this evening. The HJ thinks Heini is responsible for the attack, but Heini still wants to join the HJ, so he informs them about a planned bombing. The Communists know after they lost their explosives who is responsible for this, so Heini's mother who heard about it decides to kill herself and Heini with gas. Heini survives and becomes a member of the HJ. During an election campaign he goes into his former neighborhood to deploy Nazi propaganda, but the Communists haven't forgotten his actions.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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By what name was Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933) officially released in Canada in English?
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