''Land of Love'' (german: Land der Liebe) is a 1937 German

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring

Albert Matterstock Albert Matterstock (13 September 1911 – 29 June 1960) was a German film actor. He played the lead in the 1938 aviation film ''Target in the Clouds''.Paris p.93 Selected filmography * '' Land of Love'' (1937) * ''Serenade'' (1937) * '' Yvette'' ...

, Gusti Huber and Valerie von Martens. Although Schünzel was

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he had been allowed to continue directing films in Germany after the

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takeover. However, this film faced objections from the

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and from

Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the '' Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to ...

. It was briefly shown and then disappeared from cinemas.Prawer p. 190 It was Schünzel's final German film as director, and he went into exile shortly afterwards.

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* 1937 films 1937 romantic comedy films German romantic comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel Films set in Europe German black-and-white films Tobis Film films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub