EVA BRAUN HOME MOVIES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EVA BRAUN HOME MOVIES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1177
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  • Summary: Eva Braun's amateur colour footage of her family and friends in and around Munich, Hitler's visit to his family home in Austria June 1939 and footage of the cast and film crew of the Ufa film "Der Laufende Berg" in the Bavarian mountains early summer 1940.
  • Description: Munich, Germany. In the garden of Eva Braun's house, Wasserburger Strasse 12, group parading around the garden following a unidentified man carrying a pole (possibly a snow shovel), the lead man then performs various balancing tricks with the "pole". Munich, Germany. Sitting in deck chairs on the edge of the lake, Eva Braun, Franziska Braun, Friedrich Braun and others. Ilse Braun wearing a two-piece bathing costume with a matching skirt which is blowing in the wind stands by the edge of the lake. Eva Braun wearing a two-piece bathing costume and long cloak sitting on the side of a beached boat, her black Scottish terrier "Negus" comes to join her. Friedrich Braun, standing with his arms folded, poses for the camera. Close-up shots of two unidentified female members of the group. The same group with several dogs on an outing in the outskirts of Munich. The black Scottish terrier "Negus" playing with another (muzzled) dog in a small brook in the country-side. Dusk shot in the mountains. The group stop to pose for a photograph outside a small village. Austria. Hand drawn inter-titles "DER FUHRER BESUCHT SEINE HEIMAT AM 12.VI 1939" (the Führer visits his home on 12 June 1939) and "DAS GRAB DER ELTERN IN LEONDING" (the grave of the parents in Leonding). Bay trees (?), wreaths and floral tributes with Nazi ribbons on the grave. Hand drawn inter-title "GUT HAFELD" (Hitler's parent's house from 1892 - 1895), shot of the house from moving car, followed by a distance shot of the motor convoy. Bavarian mountains, Germany, early summer 1940. Group of actors talking with the director, Fritz Kampers. The group includes Hansi Knoteck, Paul Richter, Josefine Dora and Maria Andergast. Close-up shot of Paul Richter with a unidentified child actor. Hand drawn inter-title "PAUSE, MITTAGESSEN" (lunch break). Hansi Knoteck eating her lunch in the open. The group of actors with Paul Richter, Josefine Dora, Viktor Staal sitting on a wooden bench eating their lunch in the open. The camera pans over the group of actors including Gustl Stark-Gstettenbauer and Maria Andergast. Bavarian mountains, Germany, early summer 1940. Hand drawn inter-title "ERNEUERUNG DER SCHMINKE" (renewal of make-up). Paul Richter, with make-up artist, being made-up for his role. A group of actors, including Maria Andergast, observing the scene. Scenes during filming, with Paul Richter (?) and Hansi Knoteck. The group of actors eating and posing for the camera in front of a mountain log cabin. Bavarian mountains, Germany, early summer 1940. Hand drawn inter-title "SIEGFRIEDS KRAFTPROBE" (Siegfried's trial of strength), a comic acted scene - an unidentified actor throwing a papier maché boulder (?) on the head of Paul Richter who then dramatically collapses. Bavarian mountains, Germany, early summer 1940. Hand drawn inter-title "AUSSENAUFNAHMEN" (outdoor shooting) panning shots of the Bavarian mountain scenery with shots of Hansi Knoteck, Paul Richter and a child actor. A mountain rock slide. Various shots of the actors on the set and talking with the director, Fritz Kampers. Close-up of Josefine Dora.
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  • Colour: Colour
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: GWY 1177
  • Sound: German
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: IWM – GWY 1177
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1939 1940
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Braun, Eva Anna Paula1912-02-061945-04-30Eva Braun was the mistress of Adolf Hitler possibly from as early as 1929. She attempted suicide on two occasions prior to her death in 1945. In 1932 she attempted to shoot herself in the neck. In 1935 she took an overdose of sleeping pills. She and Hitler never appeared publicly as a couple. They married on 29th April 1945, the day before their joint suicide. (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Braun, Eva Anna Paula (person) Braun, Franziska (person) Braun, Friedrich (person) Braun, Ilse (person) Kampers, Fritz (person) Knoteck, Hansi (person) Richter, Paul (person) Dora, Josefine (person) Andergast, Maria (person) Staal, Viktor (person) Stark-Gstettenbauer, Gustl (person)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: German
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 12 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

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