The Great Love (1942)

Original title

Die große Liebe

Directed by

Rolf Hansen

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

Nazi Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

18

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous singer and a Luftwaffe pilot fall in love during World War II. Their relationship is tested by the demands of the war and the pilot's devotion to duty.

romanticnationalisticmelodramaticwartimesentimentalidealisticglossysoapy

What happens

The Great Love (German: Die große Liebe) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Zarah Leander, Viktor Staal and Grethe Weiser. It premiered in Berlin in 1942 and went on to become the most commercially successful film in the history of the Third Reich. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios with location shooting taking place in Berlin, Rome and Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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