''The Endless Road'' (german: Der Unendliche Weg) is a 1943 German biographical film directed by

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 11 ...

and starring

Eugen Klöpfer Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer (10 March 1886 in Talheim, Heilbronn – 3 March 1950 in Wiesbaden) was a German actor. Early life Born to Karl Klöpfer and his wife Karoline, née Hörsch, Eugen attended the Realschule ("secondary school") in Heilbro ...

, Eva Immermann and

Hedwig Wangel Hedwig Wangel (1875–1961) was a German stage and film actress. Life and career Born as Amalie Pauline Hedwig Simon on September 23, 1875, in Berlin in the German Empire, Hedwig Wangel was the daughter of a music publisher. After studying acting ...

. It portrays the life of

Friedrich List Georg Friedrich List (6 August 1789 – 30 November 1846) was a German-American economist who developed the "National System" of political economy. He was a forefather of the German historical school of economics, and argued for the German Custom ...

, a German who emigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century. Unusually the film was overtly pro-American at a time when the two countries were at war. This was possibly because the Nazi leadership hoped to shortly join the Americans in an anti-

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

alliance and wanted to encourage warmer feelings between the two nations. Another pro-American (and anti-British) film about

Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; – In the contemporary record as noted by Conway, Paine's birth date is given as January 29, 1736–37. Common practice was to use a dash or a slash to separate the old-style year from the new-style year. In th ...

was planned, but never made.Hull p. 261 It was made by

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, one of the four major German film companies of the era. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Hans Sohnle Hans Sohnle (17 September 1895 – 24 March 1976) was a German art director.Chandler p.270 He frequently collaborated with Otto Erdmann on set designs. Selected filmography * '' The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (1919) * ''The Woman in Doctor's Garb ...

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* 1943 films 1940s historical films 1940s biographical films German historical films German biographical films Films of Nazi Germany 1940s German-language films Films directed by Hans Schweikart Films with screenplays by Ernst von Salomon German black-and-white films Films based on Austrian novels Films set in the 1820s Films set in the 1830s Films set in the 1840s Films set in the United States Cultural depictions of Andrew Jackson Cultural depictions of Klemens von Metternich Bavaria Film films Films set in the Kingdom of Württemberg 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub