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Überläufer

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How it feels

This is a romantic comedy that was started during the Nazi era but finished and released after World War Two. It focuses on love and humor and avoids any mention of politics or war.

lightheartedromanticcomicupbeatplayfulescapistwhimsicaleasygoingbreezy

What happens

In German film history, an Überläufer (lit. defector) is a film that was in production under the Third Reich but completed and premiered only after the end of the Second World War. The vast majority of Überläufer films are romantic comedies with no reference to the political and military situation of the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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