---
title: 'Pour le Mérite (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl Ritter'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pour-le-merite-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136474/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pour le Mérite (1938)

1938 · 121 min · War · Germany


## Synopsis

Pour le Mérite is a 1938 propaganda film produced and directed by Karl Ritter for Nazi Germany. The film follows the story of officers of the Luftstreitkräfte in the First World War who were later involved in the formation of the Luftwaffe. Pour le Mérite propagates the "stab legend", which blames the German military defeat in World War I on an alleged treason in the homeland. At the same time, Ritter also glorifies the former fighter pilots as heroes of National Socialism.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karl Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ritter-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Karl Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ritter-2), [Fred Hildenbrandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-hildenbrandt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Windt](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-windt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-anders), [Heinz von Jaworsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-von-jaworsky)
- **Editor:** [Gottfried Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottfried-ritter)

## Cast

- [Ernst Dernburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-dernburg)
- [Friedrich Gnaß](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-gna)
- [Joachim Rake](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-rake)
- [Herbert Weißbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-wei-bach)
- [Ernst Sattler](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-sattler)
- [Wolfgang Staudte](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-staudte)
- [Gisela von Collande](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisela-von-collande)
- [Franz Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-weber)
- [Fritz Kampers](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kampers)
- [Gerhard Bienert](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-bienert)
- [Aribert Grimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/aribert-grimmer)
- [Reinhold Pasch](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-pasch)
- [Gerhard Dammann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-dammann)
- [Josef Dahmen](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-dahmen)
- [Albert Hehn](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-hehn)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pour-le-merite-1938
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