In
German film history, an Überläufer (literally ''
defector'') is a film that was in production under the
Third Reich
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
but only completed and premiered after the end of the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. The vast majority of such films are
romantic comedies with no reference to the political and military situation of the time.
Completed shortly before the end of the war
* ''
Eyes of Love'' (dir.
Alfred Braun
Alfred Braun (13 May 1888 – 3 January 1978) was a German screenwriter, actor and film director.
Filmography Actor
* ''Das Leid der Liebe'' (1916)
* ''Der Sohn der Magd'' (1919)
* '' The Gambler'' (1920) - Stöckel
* ''Rosenmontag'' (1924)
* ' ...
)
* ''
Friday the Thirteenth'' (dir.
Erich Engels
Erich Engels (23 May 1889 – 25 April 1971) was a German screenwriter, producer and film director. He should not be confused with another contemporary German director Erich Engel.Bock & Bergfelder p.112
Selected filmography
* ''Dear Homeland'' ...
)
* ''
Ghost in the Castle
''Ghost in the Castle'' (german: Spuk im Schloß) is a 1945/1947 German comedy horror film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring Margot Hielscher, Fritz Odemar, and Albert Matterstock.Bock & Bergfelder p. 240
The film's sets were designed ...
'' (dir.
Hans H. Zerlett)
* ''
How Do We Tell Our Children?
''How Do We Tell Our Children?'' (german: Wie sagen wir es unseren Kindern?) is a 1949 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Leny Marenbach, Mathias Wieman and Hilde Körber. The film was made by the major German studio UFA in 19 ...
'' (dir.
Hans Deppe
Hans Deppe (; 12 November 1897 – 23 September 1969) was a German actor and film director.
Filmography
As director
As actor
References
External links
*
1897 births
1969 deaths
German male film actors
German television dire ...
)
* ''
In the Temple of Venus'' (dir.
Hans H. Zerlett)
* ''
Insolent and in Love
''Insolent and in Love'' (german: Frech und verliebt) is a 1948 German romantic comedy film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Johannes Heesters, Gabriele Reismüller and Charlott Daudert.Rentschler p. 106 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios ...
'' (dir.
Hans Schweikart
Hans Schweikart (1 October 1895 – 1 December 1975) was a German film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 28 films between 1938 and 1968. He wrote for the film '' The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi'', which was entered into the 11th ...
)
* ''
Melusine
Mélusine () or Melusina is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish from the waist down (much like a lamia or a mermaid). She is als ...
'' (dir.
Hans Steinhoff
Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era.
Life and career
Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stag ...
), released 2014
* ''
Quax in Africa'' (dir.
Helmut Weiss
Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing '' Tell the Truth'' the first film produced in what was to become the future West Germany after the Second World ...
)
* ''
Under the Bridges'' (dir.
Helmut Käutner
Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany. Käu ...
)
Completed after the end of the war
* ''
The Appeal to Conscience
''The Appeal to Conscience'' (german: Ruf an das Gewissen) is a 1949 German mystery film directed by Karl Anton and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Werner Hinz and Gustav Diessl.Davidson & Hake p. 61 It was originally shot in 1944, but remained uncomp ...
'' (dir.
Karl Anton
Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Biography
He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. An ...
)
* ''
The Court Concert'' (dir.
Paul Verhoeven
Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch director, producer and screenwriter, active in the Netherlands, France and the United States. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his dram ...
)
* ''
An Everyday Story'' (dir.
Günther Rittau)
* ''
Die Fledermaus
' (, ''The Flittermouse'' or ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874.
Background
The original li ...
'' (dir.
Géza von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, german: Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.
Biog ...
)
* ''
A Heart Beats for You'' (dir.
Joe Stöckel
Josef "Joe" Stöckel (27 September 1894, Munich – 14 June 1959) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director.
Selected filmography Actor
* '' The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (1927)
* ''The Champion Shot'' (1932)
* ''S.A.-Mann Brand'' (1933 ...
)
* ''
The Man in the Saddle'' (dir.
Harry Piel
Heinrich Piel (12 July 1892 – 27 March 1963), known professionally as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer who was involved in over 150 films.
Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such ...
), released 2000
* ''
Night of the Twelve'' (dir.
Hans Schweikart
Hans Schweikart (1 October 1895 – 1 December 1975) was a German film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 28 films between 1938 and 1968. He wrote for the film '' The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi'', which was entered into the 11th ...
)
* ''
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (dir.
Karl Anton
Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Biography
He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. An ...
)
* ''
Thank You, I'm Fine'' (dir.
Erich Waschneck
Erich John Waschneck (29 April 1887, in Grimma, Kingdom of Saxony – 22 September 1970, in Berlin) was a German cameraman, director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Early life
Erich was the son of Karl Hermann Waschneck, a blacksmith, and hi ...
)
* ''
Tiefland'' (dir.
Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (; 22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, photographer and actress known for her role in producing Nazi propaganda.
A talented swimmer and an artist, Riefenstahl also became in ...
)
* ''
Ulli and Marei
''Ulli and Marei'' (German: ''Ulli und Marei'') is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by Leopold Hainisch and starring Eduard Köck, Attila Hörbiger and Ludwig Auer.Bock & Bergfelder p.12 It was made by Wien-Film in German-occupied Austria. I ...
'' (dir.
Leopold Hainisch)
* ''
Viennese Girls'' (dir.
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one o ...
)
See also
*
Nazism and cinema
Nazism created an elaborate system of propaganda, which made use of the new technologies of the 20th century, including cinema. Nazism courted the masses by the means of slogans that were aimed directly at the instincts and emotions of the peop ...
*
List of German films of 1933–45
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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