Der Westwall (1939)

193942mdir. Fritz HipplerGermanGermanypropaganda filmdocumentary film

Note: this print runs 42 minutes against a recorded 46 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

Directed by Fritz Hippler

Der Westwall (English: The West Wall) is a 1939 film about the Siegfried Line directed by Fritz Hippler, the head of the film division within the Propagandaministerium. The Siegfried Line, called the West Wall by the Germans, was a large series of fortifications around the German borders with France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

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