Unter fremdem Joch. Bilder aus dem Ruhrgebiet

Deutschland 1922/1923 Kurz-Dokumentarfilm
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Duration
14:43 min
Production company
Universum-Film AG (UFA) (Berlin)
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Source
DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

The film agitates against the occupation of the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area by French and Belgian troops in 1921. Shots of busy industrial plants are followed by images of French soldiers - including some photographs - and finally of German industrialists arrested by the occupiers for their policy of refusal. At the end, the film shows a mass rally as well as individual workers symbolizing the "defensive struggle". Intertitles evoke the unity of the people against the occupation.