{"product_id":"for-the-rights-of-mankind-dvd-um-das-menschenrecht-1934","title":"For the Rights of Mankind DVD (Um das Menschenrecht) (1934)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"While Reds dance on the graves of fallen comrades, the Freikorps march to defend Germany!\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArmistice: November 11, 1918. World War 1 ends, but there is no peace in Germany. Proletarian revolution has erupted in Munich, and unemployed frontline soldiers volunteer as paramilitary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreikorps (Free Corps)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e groups to save the Fatherland from the Soviet-backed Red menace. The spirit of the German Frontkamaraden explodes across the screen as Hans Zöberlein's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUm das Menschenrecht (For the Rights of Mankind) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereignites the turbulent era of Munich's Soviet Republic and its reactionary, fiercely patriotic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreikorps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e foes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZöberlein was a right-wing fanatic, a decorated World War 1 veteran, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreikorps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e member, an early Nazi Party member, an SA stormtrooper who had participated in Adolf Hitler's 1923 Munich Beer Hall Putsch, and a best-selling author. His first film, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStosstrupp 1917 (Shock Troop 1917\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, also available from International Historic Films) is one of the great World War 1 pictures, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUm das Menschenrecht, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea direct sequel to it, is one of the most energetic of the Nazi propaganda films. Zöberlein wrote, produced, and directed both pictures for his own production company, Arya Film, whose name signified race consciousness. As \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreikorps \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehero Hans Krafft puts it, \"Germany is in dire need of someone who would bring back discipline and order!\" Germany hadn't long to wait.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreikorps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the Reds used to be comrades in the front lines but are now engaged in a bloodbath of civil war. The superb Munich battle scenes are well staged-street by street, building by building for Zöberlein had cast many actual Munich war veterans for these sequences. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreikorps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e prevail, remaining true to their comrades who fell defending Germany in WW1.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing its December 28, 1934 premiere, the film was shortened for general release.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe present IHF release contains the deleted footage, restoring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUm das Menschenrecht \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto its original length. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirected by Hans Zöberlein. Starring Hans Schlenck, Kurt Holm, Ernst Martens, Beppo Brem. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGermany, 1934. B\u0026amp;W, 118 mins. 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