With the film law dated from 16 February 1934, the position of a Reichsfilmdramaturg (the Reich's dramatic adviser for films) was attached to the

Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (; RMVP), also known simply as the Ministry of Propaganda (), controlled the content of the press, literature, visual arts, film, theater, music and radio in Nazi Germany. The ministry ...

. His task was to pre-check all planned film productions. Contrary to the

Film Review Office {{Infobox government agency , name = Film Review Office , native_name = Filmprüfstelle , native_name_a = , native_name_r = , type = Office , seal = 1931-11-06 Ausschnit ...

, which

censored Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

films already produced, the Reichsfilmdramaturg should prevent that inappropriate films being produced. It was therefore only possible to start the shooting of a film after the film's plot, manuscript and screenplay were approved by him. The film industry was o.k. with the pre-check, as it prevented commercial damages through later censorship. The pre-check also allowed to get a cheap credit from the Filmkreditbank. This bank was set up to help financing films. The following persons were Reichsfilmdramaturg:Hier spricht der deutsche Mensch, "Das Leben geht weiter" - Der letzte Durchhaltefilm der Ufa 1944/45 (I) / Von Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
DER SPIEGEL 48/1992. * Willi Krause (known as ''Peter Hagen'' as writer), since February 1934 *

Hans-Jürgen Nierentz Hans-Jürgen is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hans-Jürgen Abt of Abt Sportsline, a motor racing and auto tuning company based in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany *Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889–1962), German colonel-general (Gen ...

(1936–37) *

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 ...

Kurt Frowein Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

Ewald von Demandowsky Ewald von Demandowsky (21 October 1906 – 7 October 1946) was a German film producer who held the office of a Nazi German ''Reichsfilmdramaturg'' and was head of production at the Tobis Film company in the Third Reich. Career Demandowsky was b ...

References

Censorship in Germany Cinema of Germany {{film-org-stub