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'The Fire Devil' (German: 'Der Feuerteufel') is a 1940 German historical adventure film directed by and starring Luis Trenker.Mosse p.118 It also featured Judith Holzmeister, Bertl Schultes and Hilde von Stolz. The title is sometimes translated as 'The Arsonist'.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Ludwig Reiber. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location shooting took place in Mittenwald, Schwbisch Hall and North Tyrol. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Costing over a million reichsmarks to make, it easily recouped its production costs at the box office and was a considerable popular success.

It is set during the Tyrolean Rebellion against Napoleon, about which Trenker had previously made another film 'The Rebel' in 1932. However Adolf Hitler, who had been an admirer of the previous film, was apparently displeased feeling that the parallels between Napoleon and the Third Reich meant that the film glorified and potentially incited popular revolt against the regime.Mosse p.118 To restore himself to favour, Trenker published a novel 'Captain Ladurner' which was overtly pro-Nazi.Mosse p.118

Cast



* Luis Trenker as Valentin Sturmegger

* Judith Holzmeister as Maria Schmiederer

* Bertl Schultes as Clemens Schmiederer

* Hilde von Stolz as Marquise Antoinette de Chanel

* Fritz Kampers as Kaptn Mnzer

* Franz Herterich as Kaiser Franz I. von sterreich

* Ernst Fritz Frbringer as Frst von Metternich

* Erich Ponto as Kaiser Napoleon Bonaparte

* Claus Clausen as Major Ferdinand von Schill

* Karl-Heinz Peters as Franzsischer Kommissar

* Walter Ladengast as Rafael Krss, Verrter

* Ludwig Kerscher as Kluiber, Krntner Bauer

* Vera Hartegg as Magd

* Ludwig Schmid-Wildy as Klotz, Krntner Bauer

* Friedrich Ulmer as Reintaler, Krntner Bauer

* Elise Aulinger as Schnleitnerin

* Sepp Nigg as Zoppel, Bauer

* Lore Schuetzendorf as Frau Schoenleitner

* Kurt Meisel as Erzherzog Johann

* Ferdinand Exl as Purtscheller, Krntner Bauer

* Paul Mederow as Rusca, franzsischer General

* Reinhold Pasch as Henri Daru, franzsischer Oberst

* Karl Fochler as Burron, franzsischer Offizier

* Klaus Pohl as Kranewitter, Krntner Bauer

* Carl Balhaus as Krntner Bauernbursche

* Anton Frber as Krntner Bauernbursche

* Julius Eckhoff as Franzsischer Soldat

* Karl Gelfius as Snger

* Luis Gerold as Holznagel, Bauer

* Leopold Kerscher as Junger Bauernbursche

* Robert Thiem as Offizier

* Aruth Wartan as Knecht mit der Augenklappe

References



Bibliography



* George L. Mosse. 'Fallen Soldiers: Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars'. Oxford University Press, 1991.


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