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This docu-film shows all aspects of the Second World War. More than thirty cameramen from the US Army marched with the advancing troops to the heart of Nazi Germany. This documentary was made up of more than 1000 film roles. It became a professionally shot document on 35 mm film reel of soldiers and craftsmen who were 'Embedded' in the very first lines, often at the risk of their own lives. It starts at the Ruhr, where the American army encounters stubborn German resistance, losing 2,400 soldiers in one day. This is followed by the Battle of Cologne and the capture of Remagen's Rhine Bridge. After the Rhine, the Moselle is also crossed near a completely destroyed Koblenz. Patton's advance and the meeting with the Russians are also portrayed. When the bulk of the US military has hit the other side of the water after one month of fighting, the Allied victory seems a foregone conclusion. Yet Nazi Germany and especially an insane Führer will sacrifice thousands of human lives for 43 days in a senseless bloodshed ... everything was recorded by the American army directors. With one caveat: they were absolutely forbidden to film dying or dead Americans. 'Embedded' was directed by the well-known German maker Michael Kloft (The Third Reich in color) and shows how people liberate and perish, how a terrible war should bring peace, and especially how great the madness of people can be.
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