My Daughter Lives in Vienna (1940)

Original title

Meine Tochter lebt in Wien

Directed by

E. W. Emo

Genre

comedy film

Country

Nazi Germany, Germany

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A case of mistaken identity leads to comedy when a father tries to track down his daughter in Vienna. The film follows the characters as they navigate misunderstandings, romantic entanglements, and family secrets.

fast-pacedwittylightheartedsentimentalplayfulslightly tensewhimsicalcomic

What happens

My Daughter Lives in Vienna (German: Meine Tochter lebt in Wien) is a 1940 German comedy film of mistaken identities (comedy of errors) directed by E. W. Emo and starring Elfriede Datzig, Annie Rosar, Hans Moser, and O. W. Fischer. Dialog and acting are fast paced before a somewhat serious backdrop of marital infidelity, parental authority, and lust with considerable wordplay ("Klaghofer"; "my daughter is my lost son") and excellent cutting and performances. Wartime propaganda purposes are served by some sentimentality, a superficially harmonious ending, while explicit Nazi ideology is absent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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