{"product_id":"wrack-and-ruin-the-rubble-film-at-defa-standard-edition-three-disc-blu-ray-pre-order-23-november-2026","title":"WRACK AND RUIN: THE RUBBLE FILM AT DEFA STANDARD EDITION THREE-DISC BLU-RAY - PRE-ORDER-23-NOVEMBER-2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca name=\"x_x_OLE_LINK22\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca name=\"x_x_OLE_LINK109\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ei\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003eve groundbreaking post-war films from East Germany’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003es \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"nl\"\u003eDEFA studio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003eEureka Entertainment is to release\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003eWRACK AND RUIN: THE RUBBLE FILM AT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de\"\u003eDEFA (Standard Edition)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003efive groundbreaking post-war films from East Germany’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"it\"\u003es DEFA studio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"it\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003ePresented on Blu-ray in the UK from restorations by the DEFA Foundation. Available from 23\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003cspan\u003erd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNovember 2026 as part of The Masters of Cinema Series, in a s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"it\"\u003etandard edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first film studio to begin operating in post-war Germany, DEFA was officially authorised to produce films in the Soviet occupation zone in 1946. Overseen by the Soviet Military Administration, one of its primary mandates was to aid in the denazification of Germany by focusing on anti-fascist themes in films that would ruminate on the literal and figurative wreckage left behind by the Third Reich. Often shot on location in the ruins of Berlin, these early DEFA productions have come to be called \u003ci\u003eTrümmerfilme\u003c\/i\u003e or “rubble films,” and remain some of the most important pictures the studio ever made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first film produced in post-war Germany, \u003ci\u003eThe Murderers Are Among Us\u003c\/i\u003e sees a concentration camp survivor return home to Berlin only to find a stranger living in her apartment: an ex-soldier who harbours a terrible secret. \u003ci\u003eSomewhere in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e follows a group of children who spend their days playing in bombed-out buildings and a returning prisoner-of-war seeking a new sense of purpose. In \u003ci\u003ePolice Raid\u003c\/i\u003e, a determined detective leads a crackdown on black marketeers who aim to exploit the chaos of the post-war period to their own advantage. Set during the Nazi era, \u003ci\u003eMarriage in the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e charts the tragic life of an actor and his Jewish wife as they attempt to survive the Third Reich. Finally, \u003ci\u003eThe Blum Affair\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the true case of a Jewish industrialist who was tried for murder in the 1920s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEncompassing a range of genres – including the thriller, the police procedural and the courtroom drama – and ranging in visual style from expressionism to stark realism, DEFA’s rubble films are bound together by a concern with the physical and psychological damage wrought by Nazism, World War II and the Holocaust.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSTANDARD EDITION THREE-DISC BLU-RAY SET SPECIAL FEATURES:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommentary on \u003ci\u003eSomewhere in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e by East German cinema scholar Elizabeth Ward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommentary on \u003ci\u003ePolice Raid\u003c\/i\u003e by crime cinema expert Sergio Angelini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommentary on \u003ci\u003eMarriage in the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e by DEFA historian Seán Allan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommentary on \u003ci\u003eThe Blum Affair \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by Rolland Man and presented by David Melville Wingrove\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the Rubble \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– interview with socialist cinema expert Claire Knight on the founding of DEFA and its early productions\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfronting the Past\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – interview with Jewish studies scholar Sue Vice on \u003ci\u003eMarriage in the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blum Affair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrimewave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – video essay by DEFA historian Sebastian Heiduschke on \u003ci\u003ePolice Raid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRebuilding Berlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1946) – DEFA documentary on the post-war rebuilding of Berlin\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRebuilding Potsdam \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1946) – DEFA documentary on the post-war rebuilding of Potsdam\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeath Camp Sachsenhausen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1946) – DEFA documentary on the Holocaust and Sachsenhausen concentration camp\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Eyewitness 1946\/01\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – archival newsreel featuring DEFA’s first animation, \u003ci\u003eUnderground Scare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Eyewitness 1946\/08\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – archival newsreel featuring a report on the premiere of \u003ci\u003eThe Murderers Are Among Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Eyewitness 1947\/53\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – archival newsreel featuring a report on the making of \u003ci\u003eMarriage in the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePackage design by Carly A-F\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"EUREKA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48946590417070,"sku":"EKA70652","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/EKA70652_WrackAndRuin_StdEd_pack_300dpi.jpg?v=1787739472","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/wrack-and-ruin-the-rubble-film-at-defa-standard-edition-three-disc-blu-ray-pre-order-23-november-2026","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}