''The Endless Road'' (german: Der Unendliche Weg) is a 1943 German

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

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 11th ...

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 ...

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and Hedwig Wangel. It portrays the life of Friedrich List, a German who emigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century. Unusually the film was overtly

pro-American Pro-American may refer to the following ideologies that express support for the United States, its culture, or its government: * American imperialism, a term used to describe the far-reaching cultural and political influence of the United States b ...

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-

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

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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