Released in 1931, Kameradschaft is a Weimar German/French co-production directed by G.W. Pabst. In this film, a coal mine on the France-Germany border collapses, and a team of Germans set out to rescue the miners.
Kameradschaft contains examples of:
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Banned in China: Much like the rest of G.W. Pabst's films, the film was banned in Nazi Germany, resulting in the loss of the original camera negative. - Bittersweet Ending: While some of the miners are able to get out, many of them are dead.
- Developing Doomed Characters: The first ten minutes let the audience know about the miners who eventually get trapped in the mine.
- Disaster Movie: One of the earliest examples, predating San Francisco (1936) by 5 years.
- The Great Depression: The time period the movie is set.
- Outliving One's Offspring: One scene depicts an elderly miner mourning the loss of his son.
