![]() ![]() The German army was pressing further into France, yet the east's position was fast deteriorating. The Russian 1st army was now free to move deep into Prussia and threatened its capital Konigsberg (modern Kaliningrad). The commander of the 8th army panicked, and he ordered a general retreat, and this left East Prussia open to the Russians. By August the 19th, the Russian 1st Army had advanced to the town of Gumbinnen, and here they waited for battle. ![]() However, the German 8th army opted to advance to meet the 1st Russian army before linking up with the 2nd army. The two armies intended to meet and then advance to meet the German army and destroy it in a pincer movement. The Masurian Lakes separated the two armies, and the terrain slowed their progress. The Russian 1st Army and the 2nd Army moved across the border into Prussia. They invaded much quicker than Von Moltke had expected, even though the Russians' advance was slow. However, the Germans are taken by surprise by the Russian invasion. The German High Command under Von Moltke the younger order the 8th army to defend East Prussia from any Russian attack. The strategy adopted by the Germans was to invade France and undertake a defensive strategy in the east in 1914. War in the east and the west had long been the nightmare of the German High Command. It was believed that this would allow the western allies to beat back any German invasion of France by forcing Berlin to fight a war on two fronts. The Tsar would send his armies deep into eastern Germany to relieve pressure on France. The Russian Tsar had previously agreed that in the event of a German invasion of France, his armies would invade German territory. On the 15th of August 1914, two huge Russian Armies, number over three-quarters of a million men, began their advance into East Prussia, part of the German Reich. Ultimately, the Battle of Tannenberg secured eastern Germany from further Russian incursions. Germany benefitted from poor Russian coordination and superior artillery. It was an extraordinary victory for Germany. '101' is an artistic view of the world today in a specific historic context, one which raises the question of whether, 101 years after the outbreak of World War I, it even makes sense anymore to shoot a further anti-ware film? And whether it is even worthwhile today to revere the film 'J'accuse!' which has sunk almost into oblivion.In 1914, the Battle of Tannenberg was fought between Imperial Germany and Russia. ![]() Theire viewpoints in the form of documentary tableaus are immersed in the main plot of the film in accordance with a subjective musical narration, as is characteristic for a silent film. '101' is also concerned with today's world, which is shown from the perspective of the same protagonists playing the historic roles in the film. In this way, the Germans were trying to debunk the history of a defeat they had suffered in the first Battle of Tannenberg more than 500 years earlier in 1410. The commander-in-chief of the German army, Paul von Hindenburg, would go down in history as the 'victor of Tannenberg' because the German command decided to name the battle after the village of Tannenberg, which was located close to where the fighting actually took place. It ended in victory for the Germans over the Russian armed forces. The film deals with the Battle of Tannenberg, which was fought in 1914 in East Prussia. For which reason, '101' has been produced on the basis of a silent structure. '101' is in reverence to Abel Gance's film 'J'accuse!' which is regarded as one of the most important ant-war films in history. ![]()
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