Cinémathèque du Rhin supérieur
Kinemathek Oberrhein

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Résumé

Urlaubsreise in das schon angeschlossene Österreich (Arlberg, Innsbruck).

Métadonnées

N° support : LFS 9300 2
Date : 1938
Coloration : Noir et blanc
Son : Muet
Timecode : 00:04:01
Durée : 00:00:00
Cinéastes : Balke, Curt
Format original : 16 mm
Genre : Film amateur
Thématiques : Activités de plein-air, Sites patrimoniaux et touristiques
Institution d'origine : Haus des Dokumentarfilms

Contexte et analyse

Immediately after Austria's 'connection' in March 1938, a group of eleven went there with three cars on a tourist trip for Easter. The Freiburg architect Curt Balke documents the trip with his camera. The first stop is Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance with photos of the old town hall with the Zeppelin fountain, which was erected in 1909 in honor of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Graf Zeppelin and his airships are closely linked to Friedrichshafen. The figure of the fountain actually survived both world wars and is now in the city park. After taking a look at the old port entrance with departing ships, the travel company stops in a restaurant. The group travels from Lake Constance to Austria, where they drive through wintry mountain landscapes, which are characterized by snow-covered meadows, dense forest on the mountain slopes and idyllic rivers. The route leads through Vorarlberg, Arlberg to Wolfgangsee in the Salzkammergut and finally back home via Munich. With his 16 mm camera, Balke repeatedly captures wonderful panoramas and idyllic rural and lively urban scenes. The tour company comes through mountain villages and visits Innsbruck with the beautiful old town and Salzburg with the imposing fortress, but also visits highway bridges. The film recordings contrast the poor life situation of the village population with the wealthy visitors from Germany. Because by no means everyone can afford their own car in 1938, let alone a Mercedes-Benz, an Adler-Trumpf Junior Cabrio or a Hanomag Kurier Cabrio. For Balke it was part of everyday life, as numerous films from his trips and trips show. At the end of the film, he shows his house in Freiburg. The tour group makes no secret of its political disposition; pennants with the NSDAP swastika are clearly attached to the cars. Settings on buildings in Austria show swastika flags and banners: "One empire - one people - one leader", which clearly relate to the approval of the 'connection'. Situation of Austria after the First World War

The Habsburg Empire fell into its individual parts and the Republic of Austria was formed from the German-speaking areas in 1919. Austria-Hungary, along with Germany, is considered to be solely responsible for the First World War and both are obliged to pay high repairs. For economic reasons, many hope that Austria will join the German Empire, which the Versailles Treaty explicitly excludes. The period between 1919 and 1938 was politically very turbulent due to the collapse of poor Austria's Habsburg Empire and in March 1933 led to a dictatorship by Federal Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss after a parliamentary crisis.