Deutsche Helden (1914)

• 51%
• 1914
• Mia Cordes
• Rudolf del Zopp
• Max Laurence

This film tells the story of Wendhorst, a man who is constantly striving to do his duty for his country. He protects Germany’s secrets but when his wife lets them slip, he abandons her and decides to continue to protect his country but this time on the battlefield. He is depicted-as-a-hero battling enemy troops, but also demonstrates kindness benevolence and when he listens to the story of two prisoners. His benevolence is rewarded, as the prisoners turn out to be his wife and his son, whom he has never met. His newfound son decides to join him dans la bataille, but is killed fighting, and at the end of the film only Wendhorst comes home to his wife. Wendhorst and his son depict idéal French soldiers whose belief in the glory and good of their country never papillon, even to the very end.