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Ohm Krüger
Ohm Krüger (English: Uncle Krüger) is a 1941 German biographical film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, and Werner Hinz. It was one of a series of major propaganda films produced in Nazi Germany attacking the United Kingdom. The film depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the British during the Boer War.
It was the first film to be awarded the 'Film of the Nation' award. It was re-released in 1944.
The film opens with a dying Paul Kruger speaking about his life to his nurse in a Geneva hotel. The rest of the film is told in flashback.
Cecil Rhodes has a great desire to acquire land in the Transvaal region of the Boers for its gold deposits. He sends Dr Jameson there to provoke border disturbances and secures support from Joseph Chamberlain. When Chamberlain seeks the support of Queen Victoria and her son Edward, Prince of Wales, she initially refuses but changes her mind when she is informed of the gold in the region. She invites Kruger to London and believes that she is tricking him into signing a treaty.
Kruger, being suspicious of the British, has his own plans. Kruger signs the treaty, which gives the British access to the gold, but he imposes high taxes and establishes a monopoly over the sale of TNT, which forces the British to buy explosives at high prices. Hence, ultimately, Kruger tricks the British by signing the treaty. That impresses some of the British, as they find Krüger is their equal in matters of cunning, which is supposed to be the defining characteristic of the British. Having been outmaneuvered, Rhodes tries to buy Kruger's allegiance. Kruger and his wife Sanna, however, are incorruptible. After being rejected, Rhodes shows Kruger a long list of members of the Boer council who work for the British. Kruger then becomes convinced that the Boers must fight if they are to keep their land, and he declares war against Britain and starts the Second Boer War.
Initially, the Boers are on the ascendancy, with the Boers defeating the British at the Battle of Ladysmith and Magersfontein. Britain subsequently replaces Redvers Buller and Lord Roberts, appointing Lord Kitchener as Supreme Commander of the armed forces. Kitchener launches an attack on the civilian population by destroying its homes, using human shields and placing the women and children in concentration camps in an attempt to damage the morale of the Boer Army.
Kruger's son Jan, who has pro-British sentiments because of his Oxford education, visits a concentration camp to find his wife, Petra, and is caught and hanged with his wife watching. When the women respond in anger, they are massacred.
The flashback concludes in the Geneva hotel room. Kruger prophesies the destruction of Britain by major powers of the world.
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Ohm Krüger
Ohm Krüger (English: Uncle Krüger) is a 1941 German biographical film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, and Werner Hinz. It was one of a series of major propaganda films produced in Nazi Germany attacking the United Kingdom. The film depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the British during the Boer War.
It was the first film to be awarded the 'Film of the Nation' award. It was re-released in 1944.
The film opens with a dying Paul Kruger speaking about his life to his nurse in a Geneva hotel. The rest of the film is told in flashback.
Cecil Rhodes has a great desire to acquire land in the Transvaal region of the Boers for its gold deposits. He sends Dr Jameson there to provoke border disturbances and secures support from Joseph Chamberlain. When Chamberlain seeks the support of Queen Victoria and her son Edward, Prince of Wales, she initially refuses but changes her mind when she is informed of the gold in the region. She invites Kruger to London and believes that she is tricking him into signing a treaty.
Kruger, being suspicious of the British, has his own plans. Kruger signs the treaty, which gives the British access to the gold, but he imposes high taxes and establishes a monopoly over the sale of TNT, which forces the British to buy explosives at high prices. Hence, ultimately, Kruger tricks the British by signing the treaty. That impresses some of the British, as they find Krüger is their equal in matters of cunning, which is supposed to be the defining characteristic of the British. Having been outmaneuvered, Rhodes tries to buy Kruger's allegiance. Kruger and his wife Sanna, however, are incorruptible. After being rejected, Rhodes shows Kruger a long list of members of the Boer council who work for the British. Kruger then becomes convinced that the Boers must fight if they are to keep their land, and he declares war against Britain and starts the Second Boer War.
Initially, the Boers are on the ascendancy, with the Boers defeating the British at the Battle of Ladysmith and Magersfontein. Britain subsequently replaces Redvers Buller and Lord Roberts, appointing Lord Kitchener as Supreme Commander of the armed forces. Kitchener launches an attack on the civilian population by destroying its homes, using human shields and placing the women and children in concentration camps in an attempt to damage the morale of the Boer Army.
Kruger's son Jan, who has pro-British sentiments because of his Oxford education, visits a concentration camp to find his wife, Petra, and is caught and hanged with his wife watching. When the women respond in anger, they are massacred.
The flashback concludes in the Geneva hotel room. Kruger prophesies the destruction of Britain by major powers of the world.