Napola (film)

Napola - elite for the leader is a German motion picture film from the year 2005, which covers the history of two different boys in a nationalpolitical educational establishment. Tom Schilling and max of Riemelt , direction play the main role led Dennis Gansel.

action

Germany in the year 1942. The Hitler regime is on the high point of its political and military power. The young Friedrich Weimer from Berlin Wedding is a very talented Boxer. Its talent remains also for the trackhounds of the government not for a long time hidden. It opens it the chance to advance at a nationalpolitical educational establishment its career and the worker quarter escape. He is to introduce himself in the Napola all stone. Friedrich regards this as large chance, but its parents are against its plans. In a night and nebula action it runs away from at home and start the service.

At the beginning of its there stay there everything is new and exciting. In this it to date strange world, in which National Socialist breed and order prevail, it experiences in addition, the hard competition. But also unexpected comrade shanks forms. A special relationship develops Friedrich here to the quiet and sensitive Albrecht, the son of a gau leader. But in the course of the time both Albrecht begin to analyze and Friedrich the sense of this training. Not without consequences. With an employment approximately allegedly armed, escaped Russian prisoners of war shoot the boys several refugees, still children - as turns out. Albrecht breaks by this event and by its father before a heavy choice is placed. The affair ends tragically for all involved ones.

honors

• Bavarian film price 2005
  • direction price: Dennis Gansel

• German film price 2004
  • best film script: Dennis Gansel

Web on the left of

• Napola - elite for the leader in the Internet Movie DATA cousin
• Website to the film
• Presseschau to the film with film zeit.de
• film criticism of Hans Müncheberg, a former pupil of a NPEA
• film criticism of Matthias's Dell, “Rocky in the LV state”