''Die Frontschau'' (English:''The Front Show'') is a series of German
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
era military training films, shown to German soldiers shortly before deployment to the
Eastern Front. These films were directed by the veteran propagandist
Fritz Hippler
Fritz Hippler (17 August 1909 – 22 May 2002) was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of Nazi Germany, under Joseph Goebbels. He is best known as the director of the propaganda film '' Der Ewige Jude (The ...
, best known for ''
Der Ewige Jude''.
The installments in the series are:
* FS 11 ''Terrain Difficulties in the East, Winter and Spring'' (1943)
* FS 9/10 ''Construction of Positions'' (1941)
* FS 8 ''Defensive Battle in Winter'' (1943)
* FS 7 ''Attack by Infantry and Armor Against a Village'' (1941)
* FS 5/6 ''Mountains Troops Battle for a Town'' (1941)
* FS 4 ''Infantry on the Attack'' (1941)
* FS 3 ''Advance'' (1941)
* FS 2 ''Russian Construction of Positions'' (1941)
* FS 13 ''Traveling Across Ice Surfaces and Waters with Drifting Ice'' (1941)
See also
*
List of German films of 1933–1945
External links
Extensive information on the series from International Historic Films
1941 films
1943 films
Films of Nazi Germany
Films directed by Fritz Hippler
German black-and-white films
1940s German films
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