| Kampf um Norwegen - Feldzug 1940 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Martin Rikli Werner Buhre |
| Release date(s) | 1940 |
| Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Language | German |
Kampf um Norwegen – Feldzug 1940 (English: Battle for Norway - 1940 Campaign) is a 1940 Nazi propaganda film directed by Martin Rikli and Dr. Werner Buhre under orders of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. The documentary film follows the Invasion of Denmark and Norway in the spring of 1940.
The film was never even shown in Germany for unknown reasons, and was considered a lost film for many years. The Berlin Bundesarchiv held only a few clips of the film. However, a complete nitrate copy of the film surfaced on an Internet auction in 2005. The Norwegian college professor and media expert Jostein Saakvitne discovered this, and purchased the copy.
Saakvitne then contacted the Norwegian Film Institute, and a consignment was entered into. The Film Institute had the film transferred to a video master, and sent the nitrate copy to the National Library nitrate film depository in Mo i Rana. As it became clear that the rights belonged to the Bundesarchiv, the film copy was brought back to Germany.
The movie can today be bought on DVD in Germany and Norway.