NaPolA (2004)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Director:

Dennis Gansel

Escritores:

Dennis Gansel (writer)
Maggie Peren (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 diciembre 2004 (Finland)

Género:

Drama | Guerra

Frase comercial:

Men Make History. We Make The Men.

Plot:

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) - high schools that produce Nazi elite...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Instructor | Bunk Bed | Hand Grenade | Father Son Relationship

Premios:

7 wins & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Insidious normality

Reparto

Max Riemelt	...	Friedrich Weimer
Tom Schilling	...	Albrecht Stein
Jonas Jägermeyr	...	Christoph Schneider
Leon A. Kersten	...	Tjaden (as Leon Alexander Kersten)
Thomas Drechsel	...	Hefe
Martin Goeres	...	Siegfried Gladen
Florian Stetter	...	Justus von Jaucher
Devid Striesow	...	Vogler
Joachim Bissmeier	...	Anstaltsleiter
Michael Schenk	...	Sportlehrer
Justus von Dohnanyi	...	Gauleiter Heinrich Stein (as Justus von Dohnàny and Justus von Dohnányi)
Claudia Michelsen	...	Frau Stein
Julie Engelbrecht	...	Katharina
Johannes Zirner	...	Torben Send
Gerald Alexander Held	...	Friedrichs Vater (as Alexander Held)

También conocida como:

Before the Fall (International: English title)
Before the Fall (Napola) (USA)
Junge Wölfe - Elite für den Führer (Alemania) (working title)
NaPolA (Alemania) (closing credits title)
Napola (Alemania) (short title)
Napola - Elite für den Führer (Alemania) (promotional title)
Napola: Hitler's Elite (Singapore: English title) (poster title)
Napola (Argentina) (festival title) [es]

Duración:

117 min | Czech Republic:110 min (Karlovy Vary Film Festival) | Argentina:110 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | USA:110 min

País:

Alemania

Idioma:

Alemán

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Hong Kong:IIA | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:12 | Netherlands:12 | Hungary:14 | Australia:MA | Iceland:12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Hamburg, Germany

Compañía:

Olga Film GmbH

Trivialidades:

NaPolA is the acronym for "National-politische Erziehungs-Anstalt" or "National Political Education Institute".

Errores:

Continuidad: During Friedrich's glider flight, his helmet is securely strapped at the start but is shown unstrapped a few seconds later. He kept both hands on the glider's yoke.

Citas:

Albrecht Stein: [reading from his essay] "As childish as it sounds, the winter time and the sight of freshly fallen snow always fill us with inexplicable joy. Perhaps because as children, we associated it with Christmas. I always imagine myself the hero who killed dragons, rescued virgins, and freed the world from evil. As we went out yesterday to find the prisoners, I felt like that little boy who wanted to save the world."
Vogler: Albrecht, stop.
Albrecht Stein: But as we returned, I understood that I am part of the evil that I wanted to save us from.
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en 2006 Glitter Awards (2006) (V)

Insidious normality

The insidious thing about Napola is that you can actually see yourself and people around you as the characters in the film. Normality is the order of the day, everyone's just basically going about their lives, studying what they have to in school, with boisterous speeches the only slightly strange thing. However when you think about it, you realize that National Socialism's social genetic experiments were really subtle. The effort to create a master governing race pervades the whole film, and is the main driving force behind the story. Eventually, we see basic humanity winning a small tinny victory over a truly evil and brutal regime. And that is the beauty of the film.