Die Diktatoren. Illustrierte Film-Bühne - Illustrierter Film-Kurier Nr. 5646. (The Dictators)
München: Vereinigte Verlagsgesellschaften Franke & Co, 1961. First printing. Loose leaf. Quarto. 4pp. Original photo-illustrated sepia-toned wraps with white and black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Program leaflet for the 1961 film "Die Diktatoren," directed by Felix Podmaniczky. Production by Ferenczy-Film of Schubert/OMEGA.
The documentary depicts the development of dictatorships after their ascension to power, the plot reaching as far back as the fall of Czarist Russia. Contains still photos and production information. Cover photomontage by Karl Aulitzky.
Centerfold with sepia-toned photographs of Francisco Franco and Benito Mussolini, Nasser and Chruschtschow at the Great May Parade in Moscow greeting from the honorary balcony, Nikita Chruschtschow and Leo Trotzky portraits, Evita Péron and Francisco Franco, Red Chinese troops, Mussolini and Göring in Karinhall, German Paulus-Army soldiers, dilapidated on the way into captivity. The back cover with family photo with Iljitsch Lenin, and the 1953 East German uprising as it was supressed by the Communist rulers. The urgent reminder of the UN rather confuses but enlightens the viewer." (Der Spiegel 16/1961).
Text in German. Some light pencil underlining an notes in last paragraph on back cover. Near fine. Item #55645
"Instead of a film script [the historian] Professor Eugen Kogon wrote a popular essay, which was woven together with familiar archival film snippets. The analytical approach soon perishes in the wake of repetitive pictures showing marching columns and blearing leaders. Lenin, Hitler, Perón, Castro (the only keen clue re Franco was cut by the FSK), are mixed without difference. (Der Spiegel 16/1961). The film caused some political uproar and reaction, and the FSK (Censor) graded the film as "Perverted, Harmful to Youth, Subversive" during the Adenauer era.
Price: $450.00