El Presidente Krüger

El Presidente Krüger (1941)

Ohm Krüger

Cine de propaganda nazi sobre Oom Paul, presidente de Transvaal, en Sudáfrica. Narra el enfrentamiento de los bóers con los británicos. Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904) fue presidente del Transvaal (1883-1900) y líder de los bóers durante la Guerra Bóer (1899-1902). Fue derrotado por los británicos, pero Kruger logró grandes alabanzas por su valiente lucha. En la película, un ciego y exiliado Kruger relata la guerra a su enfermera.

Fecha de estreno
1941-01-02
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (9)
Duración
2 h 15 min
Géneros
Historia, Bélica
Director
Hans Steinhoff

Reparto

Curiosidades

  • Premios: 1 · Nominaciones: 0. Incluyendo: Film of the Nation

Ohm 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.

Production

The first outline for Ohm Krüger was begun in September 1940 by Hans Steinhoff and Harald Bratt. The film had very high production costs of 5.477 million ℛℳ (equivalent to $23,513,098 in 2021) to produce. At the time, Joseph Goebbels had been encouraging film-makers to have lower production costs, but he made an exception for Ohm Krüger, declaring it to be reichswichtig (important for the State) due to its propagandistic and artistic value; in hi…

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