Points of Discussion for Kolberg (1945) by Veit Harlin

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Historical Drama

Settings

• Kolberg
• Vienna
• Potsdam

Characters

• Gneisenau
• General Loucadou
• Mayor Nettelbeck
• Farmer Werner
• Maria
• Klaus
• Friedrich
• Lieutenant Schill
• the community
• King
• Queen
• Napoleon
• the French soldiers
• Emperor Franz II

Color

Narrative Frame

Music

Themes/Discourses

• Total War
• National Community
• Self-Sacrifice
• Heroism
• Obedience
• Artistry
• Homeland

Sequence Analysis

• the National Community in Total War
• the encounter of Queen Luise and Maria
• Nettelbeck and Gneisenau on Total War