My Honor Was Loyalty (2016)

Untersharführer Ludwig Herckel (Leone Frisa), is a devoted and patriotic soldier of the elite 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. As the action begins, we follow a small ... See full summary »

Director:

Alessandro Pepe

Writer:

Alessandro Pepe (original story)

Stars:

Leone Frisa, Francesco Migliore, Paolo Vaccarino

Cast

Credited cast:
Leone Frisa	...	Ludwig Herckel
Francesco Migliore	...	Franz Johann Scholl
Paolo Vaccarino	...	Willi Steiner
Albrecht Weimer	...	Josef Kolbe

Storyline

Untersharführer Ludwig Herckel (Leone Frisa), is a devoted and patriotic soldier of the elite 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. As the action begins, we follow a small group of experienced infantry soldiers in combat against Soviet forces. An explosion knocks Herschel unconscious and he wanders the woods in a daze. He is met by another soldier who happens to be from his same town back in Germany. This solder tells Herschel, in confidence, he worries about his wife as she is Jewish. When Herschel goes on leave back to Germany, he looks up the wife and finds the Gestapo attempting to arrest her. When she runs, a Gestapo officer shoots and kills her. Herschel is troubled by this act, but returns to his outfit anyway. Now posted to the western front, Herschel witnesses the decline of the army group, loss of comrades in arms, and multiple acts of war crimes in the handling of POW's for both sides.

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Italy

Language:

German English

Release Date:

2016 (Italy)

Also Known As:

My Honor Was Loyalty: Leibstandarte

Filming Locations:

Pinerolo, Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (PAL)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both the panther tank and tiger tank are reproductions based off of the Russian T-55 tank. As are most German armor used in films. Although the upper hull work is done very well and could fool most, the chassis used is too short and not wide enough for both tanks.

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Goofs

At Kursk, there is a Tiger tank that can be spotted with straight road wheels. The Tiger tank had interweaving road wheels.

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Soundtracks

Official Soundtrack
Composed by Alessandro Pepe.
27 Songs for Piano, Orchestra and Choir.
Recorded at MMA Studio and UnderTheRoof Studio.

User Reviews

The tale of good SS- mann

You could easily call that. If I take my knowledge about history from that movie I would think the only ones who commit war crimes was Russians and mostly - Americans. Movie completely skipped fact that 1st SS division has certain history of killing unarmed captured soldiers - at one time 4000 Russian prisoners was killed by them on place, on other occasion 80 British prisoners ( of course not in the movie). Every SS unit carried out multiple executions on civilians, when You watch this German propaganda view how SS mans from 1st Adolf Hitler division was brave and kind , just remember 6 millions of people was killed in just six year in Poland , mostly by SS. Not counting Russian casulties. Its worth watching only when You remember what SS did , and that this is totally one sided try of picturing all sides as equal. While 17 millions of Germans supported Hitler's NSDAP, 9 millions had NSDAP membership.And that their war crimes and mass murders in Death Camps - where also brave SS- mans served - was second to nothing in history of that planet.