The read
A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 73% of the 345 1930s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
At a mine on the shared edge of France and Germany, an underground explosion leads to the entrapment of a group of French miners. In an effort to save the trapped Frenchmen, German miners Wittkopp and Kasper take it upon themselves to traverse a crumbling war tunnel leading down into the mines. Yet, though the workers harbor no political biases against one another, their callous, less tolerant bosses hope to halt this cross-cultural rescue mission.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
41 audience votes
Key crew
- G.W. PabstDirector
- Peter Martin LampelWriter
- Karl OttenWriter
- Herbert RappaportWriter
- Ladislaus VajdaWriter
- Anna GmeynerWriter
- G. von RigeliusOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alexander GranachKasper
- Fritz KampersWilderer
- Ernst BuschWittkopp
- Elisabeth WendtFrau Anna Wittkopp
- Gustav PüttjerKaplan
- Oskar HöckerMine Foreman
- Daniel MendailleJean Leclerc
- Georges CharliaEmile
- Andrée DucretFrançoise
- Alex BernardGrandfather Jacques, the Old Miner
- Pierre-LouisGeorges, Jacques's Grandson
- Héléna MansonRose, Albert's Wife
Themes
minecooperation