Is this different to the documentary channel 4 showed last year on these events, then? That was an absolutely superb watch, and Joe Simpson was an excellent 'host'. That was one of the best bits of straight-to-telly shows I'd ever seen. If the film's that, but longer, I'll be seeing it.
There was an article in the Guardian about the film which went into a lot more detail about the association between German climbing and the Nazis, and the climbing films made by Leni Riefenstahl who went on to make the famous Nazi propaganda films of the Nuremburg rallies. I was a little shocked, I must say I'd never really realised.
Cowgirl, basically all films made under the Nazis were tailor-made to spread propoganda. Goebbels was a bit of a master at it all, and he even had a whole department devoted to it (which was, ironically, nationalised). I've not watched one of their films, but they are apparently technically excellent, if all the same and with the same message (strength, courage, taking over the world...)
Cowgirl, basically all films made under the Nazis were tailor-made to spread propoganda. Goebbels was a bit of a master at it all,
Possibly, I phrased my post badly - I was shocked at the asociation between climbing and Nazism rather than the films. Well before the Nazis came to power in 1933, the DOAV had set up youth groups with the clear intent of fostering the values deemed necessary for "a new, greater, more masterful, all-encompassing German Fatherland"
Also the article talks about the films made before the Nazis came to power - and Riefenstahl only met Hitler after making The Blue Light in 1932. Soon switched to making Nuremburg propaganda films though.
I prefer the one with Clint and the beer cans in the backpack, in it!
