Reichsfilmdramaturg

Reichsfilmdramaturg

Reichsfilmdramaturg

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With the film law dated from 16 February 1934, the position of a Reichsfilmdramaturg (the Reich's dramatic adviser for films) was attached to the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. His task was to pre-check all planned film productions.[1]

Contrary to the Film Review Office, which censored films already produced, the Reichsfilmdramaturg should prevent that inappropriate films being produced. It was therefore only possible to start the shooting of a film after the film's plot, manuscript and screenplay were approved by him.

The film industry was o.k. with the pre-check, as it prevented commercial damages through later censorship. The pre-check also allowed to get a cheap credit from the Filmkreditbank. This bank was set up to help financing films.[2]

The following persons were Reichsfilmdramaturg:[3][4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    SWR 2 ZEITWORT , 01.02.1933: Goebbels beruft seinen Reichsfilmdramaturgen, http://swr.de, 2010-02-01.
  2. [2]
    BEI DER UFA MACHTE MAN DAS SO ..., DER SPIEGEL 2/1951.
  3. [3]
    Der Reichsfilmdramaturg abgesetzt, Pariser Tageblatt, Jg. 4. 1936, Nr. 841 (01.04.1936), S. 1, Spalte d.
  4. [4]
    Cinema and the Swastika, The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema, edited by Roel Vande Winkel, David Welch, ISBN 978-0-230-23857-2.
  5. [5]
    Hier spricht der deutsche Mensch, "Das Leben geht weiter" - Der letzte Durchhaltefilm der Ufa 1944/45 (I) / Von Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, DER SPIEGEL 48/1992.


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