''S.A.-Mann Brand'' (Storm Trooper Brand) is a German film made around the time that Adolf Hitler became

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. It was released in mid-June

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

. The film presents the story of a truck driver, Fritz Brand, who joins the Nazi ''

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'' to defend Germany against

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subversion orchestrated from Moscow. He persuades his

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of the imminent danger and the need to support Hitler in the

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. A review in '' The New York Times'' noted favorably the film's production value and the absence of any

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message but also expressed contempt for its unsophisticated plot.

Cast

* Heinz Klingenberg as Fritz Brand * Wera Liessem as Anni Baumann *

Rolf Wenkhaus Rolf Wenkhaus (9 September 1917 – 31 January 1942) was a German people, German child actor who is best remembered for his role of Emil Tischbein in the 1931 film ''Emil and the Detectives (1931 film), Emil and the Detectives''. Early life Born ...

as Erich Lohner *

Hedda Lembach Hedda may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Hedda Award, a Norwegian theatre award * '' Hedda Gabler'' (1890), a play by Henrik Ibsen * ''Hedda'' (film), 1975 film based on the play People with the given name * Hedda Østberg Amundsen ( ...

as Margaret Lohner * Otto Wernicke as Herr Brand * Elise Aulinger as Frau Brand * Joe Stöckel as Anton Huber *

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as Genoveva Huber *

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as Alexandr Turow *

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as SA-Wirt * Fritz Greiner as Herr Baumann * Magda Lena as Frau Baumann *

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as Neuberg *

Manfred Koempel ''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction. Byr ...

as Pilot, himself *

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as himself * Wastl Witt as Wirt "Café Diana" * Rudolf Kunig as Stadtrat Rolat *

Josef Eichheim Josef Theodor Ludwig Eichheim (23 February 1888 – 13 November 1945) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926) * '' The Women's War'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' Peter Voss, ...

as unknown

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* * * 1933 films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Nazi propaganda films German black-and-white films 1933 drama films German drama films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub

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