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[Egor]

Recently learned of the existence of this film.

Has anyone seen it? Who can advise on where to find it?


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174585/

[Vitesse2]

I believe there are copies in various German archives, Egor, and bits of it probably appear in some of the Silver Arrows compilation videos made in recent years.

I did look at this myself a while back and - IIRC - it was shown during the 60th birthday celebration season at DEFA in Potsdam:

http://www.filmmuseu...de/443-1514.htm

I suspect that the commentary might be a little bit "too Nazi" for general release though.

[Vitesse2]

Just remembered - we've been this way before ...

http://forums.autosp...p;#entry3449907

[Egor]

Аfter 5 years of searches I have found this movie!

http://www.archiv-akh.de/filme/759#1

[kayemod]

http://www.filmmuseu...de/443-1514.htm

I suspect that the commentary might be a little bit "too Nazi" for general release though.

 

You're almost certainly right Kamerad, but what commentary? I can't get any sound from your link.

 

What an era that was! I've seen an aerial photo of the Tripoli(?) race, I think in Chris Nixon's Silver Arrows, huge swirls of sand behind the cars just like in this film, it looked as if they were laying a smoke screen. With those narrow hard tyres and all that power too, they must have been one hell of a handful. I've always envied my parents being at Donington in 1939, somehow seeing remanufactured/restored versions of what purport to be the same cars touring up the hill at Goodwood just isn't the same.

[Vitesse2]

I think what Egor has found may be a compilation of stuff Bigalke filmed - with only some of it being 'Deutsche Siege' and some of it his own home movies. For one thing, it's only one hour long - whereas the whole film is 1 hour 35 minutes according to IMDB. And some of it would definitely not have been exhibitable in Nazi-era Germany - the black dancer, for one thing. What was then termed 'nigger music' was streng verboten.

 

The whole thing struck me as very odd - as though someone had just patched together several only vaguely related bits of film. Certainly all AU-related and almost certainly all 1937. But not in a logical order, given that it hops back and forth through the year, with Bernd and Elly's honeymoon trip to South Africa near the end. And, as you say, Rob, without the expected commentary. Maybe just some bits saved from the cutting room during production?

[Sharman]

You're almost certainly right Kamerad, but what commentary? I can't get any sound from your link.

 

What an era that was! I've seen an aerial photo of the Tripoli(?) race, I think in Chris Nixon's Silver Arrows, huge swirls of sand behind the cars just like in this film, it looked as if they were laying a smoke screen. With those narrow hard tyres and all that power too, they must have been one hell of a handful. I've always envied my parents being at Donington in 1939, somehow seeing remanufactured/restored versions of what purport to be the same cars touring up the hill at Goodwood just isn't the same.

My old man was there too, a little later that year he was in khaki.

[kayemod]

My old man was there too, a little later that year he was in khaki.

 

Just like mine. He was at Donington because he wanted to see the cars. My mum was there because she wanted to see Percy McLure, he could have been my dad if he'd reciprocated mum's interest.

[Vitesse2]

 I've always envied my parents being at Donington in 1939 ...

 

My old man was there too, a little later that year he was in khaki.

 

Er, I think you mean 1938, gentlemen ... so Sharman's father probably wasn't in khaki that soon!

[Sharman]

Er, I think you mean 1938, gentlemen ... so Sharman's father probably wasn't in khaki that soon!

 I plead being too young at the time for a year or two to make any difference to my recollection of events