Comradeship
1931 · Movie · NR · 93 min · ★ 7.0 · 85% critics
After an explosion traps miners on the French side of a border mine, workers from across the line risk their own lives to help. As the rescue pushes through dangerous underground passages, ordinary people show solidarity while officials resist the effort.
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Details
- Original title
- Kameradschaft
- Years
- 1931
- Release date
- 1931-11-17
- Language
- German
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (41 votes)
About
You’ll likely respond to this if you like human-centered disaster stories and anti-war themes, especially in the spirit of Westfront 1918; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a light, escapist watch.
Pros: tense rescue drama; strong human message; vivid mine atmosphere | Cons: slow opening stretch; some downtime; overt social themes
Themes
- mine
- cooperation
Cast & crew
Alexander Granach
as Kasper
Fritz Kampers
as Wilderer
Ernst Busch
as Wittkopp
Elisabeth Wendt
as Frau Anna Wittkopp
Gustav Püttjer
as Kaplan
- OH
Oskar Höcker
as Mine Foreman
Daniel Mendaille
as Jean Leclerc
Georges Charlia
as Emile
- AD
Andrée Ducret
as Françoise
- AB
Alex Bernard
as Grandfather Jacques, the Old Miner
Directed by G.W. Pabst