''Scapa Flow'' is a 1930

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directed by Leo Lasko and starring

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and Claus Clausen. It is set around the

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and the

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at the close of the

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. In

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the scuttling of the fleet in defiance of the victorious Allies had come to be seen as a popular patriotic act. The inclusion of the Mutiny, however, was more controversial as it highlighted the political divisions which continued to exist. The film was praised by the right wing press, and comparisons were made to the Russian film ''

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''. The film was partly inspired by the 1918 play ''Seeschalt'' by

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.Kester p.175

Cast

* Claus Clausen *

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References

Bibliography

* Kester, Bernadette. ''Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War in German films of the Weimar Period (1919-1933)''. Amsterdam University Press, 2003.

External links

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