Första divisionen (1941)

Avaliação/utilizador:

5,4/10   

Diretor:

Hasse Ekman

Escritores:

Hasse Ekman (writer)
Alvar Zacke (writer)

Data de Lançamento:

6 Setembro 1941 (Sweden)

Gênero:

Drama

Argumento:

The year is 1941 and Nazi Germany is at its peak. Hitler's army is storming into Russia. Sweden stands...

Plot Keywords:

Air Force | Aviation | Lieutenant | Colonel | Military

Comentários dos utilizadores:

Background

Elenco

Lars Hanson	...	Col. Magnus Ståhlberg
Gunnar Sjöberg	...	Captain Krister Hansson
Stig Järrel	...	Lieutenant Rutger Sperling
Hasse Ekman	...	Gunnar Bråde
Emil Fjellström	...	Persson
Ragnar Falck	...	Sergeant Bertil Johansson
Carl Reinholdz	...	Storken Karlsson
Irma Christenson	...	Mona Falkstedt
Britta Brunius	...	Greta Johansson
Linnéa Hillberg	...	Mrs. Bråde
Hugo Björne	...	Åkerman
Kotti Chave	...	Lieutenant Billman
Bror Bügler	...	Dr. Fallenius
resto do elenco por ordem alfabética:
Aurore Palmgren	...	Nurse on women's clinic

Duração:

92 min

País:

Sweden

Língua:

Sueco

Cor:

Preto e Branco

Aspect Ratio:

1,37 : 1

Som:

Mono

Certificação:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Locais de filmagem:

Karlsborg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Companhia :

Terrafilm

Conexões:

Editado em Dårskapens hus (1951)

Tilha Sonora:

Att flyga är att leva

Background

During the early stages of WWII, Sweden's Air Force was a sheer catastrophy. The plane were substandard to any enemy. Because of the neutrality policy, Sweden then decided to build planes of thier own, mainly through SAAB (Which means Swedish Aero Inc, car production started after the war).

The first division is using B 5, the Swedish designation for the Northrop 8A-1. One plane was bought from the USA in 1937 and 102 built under licence in Sweden. In Sweden it was used as a dive-bomber, despite the fact that Northrop, later Douglas, adviced against this. It was slow and vulnerable against fighter, so it was taken of duty as bomber in 1944.

The film is interesting against this backdrop. One theme of the film is the heroic pilot who never is sure if the next mission is fatal or not. This was surely the case, even without fighting, given the poor planes Sweden had. Therefore the film could also be percieved as a bit of propaganda, as the audience dit not know about the problems but were thrilled to see the brave Swedish pilots in action as a reassurance against any threat from Germany.