Love is Duty Free (1941)

Original title

Liebe ist zollfrei

Directed by

E. W. Emo

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany, Austria

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This comedy mocks the First Austrian Republic and its democratic system. It follows characters in a series of humorous situations that highlight political incompetence.

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What happens

Love is Duty Free (German: Liebe ist zollfrei) is a 1941 comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Hans Moser, Susi Peter, and Theodor Danegger. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. The film was intended to mock the First Austrian Republic and its democratic system of government as incompetent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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