My
Life for Ireland (German: Mein Leben für Irland)
is a NS propaganda movie from 1941 directed by Max W. Kimmich, covering a story
of Irish heroism and martyrdom over two generations under the occupation of the
evil British.
The
film covers the story of two generations of an Irish nationalist family
starting with Michael O'Brien (Werner Hinz) and following with his son, also
Michael (Will Quadflieg), eighteen years later in 1921.
The
film commences in Dublin in 1903. A squad of police officers break into a thatched
hovel and evict the family, throwing a young child to the floor. However they
are ambushed by a group of Irish Nationalists and a long fire fight ensues.
Michael O'Brien is captured and is sentenced to death. While he is in jail, his
pregnant fiancée Maeve visits him and they are secretly married. Afterwards,
Michael hands his wife a silver cross that would always be worn by the best
Irish freedom fighter. On the cross, the words My life for Ireland are
engraved.
Eighteen
years later, in 1921, his son Michael Jr. is expecting to pass his school
leaving exams. As the son of an infamous Irish nationalist, he has been
educated at St Edwards College, a school run by British teachers. This way the
British government wanted to re-educate Irish pupils into „worthful“ British
civilians.
Cast:
Anna Dammann
- Maeve Fleming
René Deltgen - Robert Devoy
Paul Wegener - Sir George
Beverley
Werner Hinz - Michael O'Brien
senior
Will Quadflieg - Michael
O'Brien junior
Heinz Ohlsen - Patrick O'Connor
Eugen Klöpfer - Duffy
Hans Bergmann - Kapitän der
'Black and Tans'
Claus Clausen - Patrick Pollock
Will Dohm - Barrington
(teacher)
Karl John - Raymond Davitt
Hans Quest - Henry Beverley
Wilhelm Borchert - Thomas
O'Neill
Charles John - Raymond
Davitt
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