Points of Discussion for Hitler Youth Quex:

A Film About the Sacrificial Spirit of the German Youth (1933)

by Hans Steinhoff

Settings

• the Völker's apartment
• the Dörries' apartment
• the forest
• the Hitler Youth home
• the amusement park
• the hospital
• the streets
• the bar

Characters

• Heine Völker
• Father Völker
• Mother Völker
• Communists
• Stoppel
• Gerda
• Wilde
• Hitler Youth
• Youth Leader Cass
• Fritz Dörries
• Ula Dörries
• the Masses

Props

• the knife
• cigarettes and alcohol
• flags
• uniform
• leaflets

Music

• "Our Flag flutters before us"
• "The Internationale"

Discourses/Themes

• Order and Chaos
• Social Classes
• Work and Unemployment
• Family Structure
• Femininity/Masculinity
• Sacrifice
• the Hero's Death