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Front Theatre (1942)

Front Theatre poster
Original title
Fronttheater
Directed by
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Genre
war film
Country
Nazi Germany, Germany
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German film from 1942 about a group of performers putting on shows for soldiers stationed abroad. The story follows the actors as they travel to war zones in France and Greece to entertain troops.

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What happens

Front Theatre (German: Fronttheater) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heli Finkenzeller, René Deltgen and Lothar Firmans. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam. Location shooting took place in occupied Bordeaux and Greece. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carlo Böhm and Willi Herrmann. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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