In German film history, an Überläufer (lit. defector) is a film that was in production under the Third Reich but only completed and premiered after the end of the Second World War.[1][2] The vast majority of Uberläufer films are romantic comedies with no reference to the political and military situation of the time.

Completed shortly before the end of the war

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Completed after the end of the war

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References

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  1. ^ Dassanowsky, Robert (2018-05-01). Screening Transcendence: Film under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-03424-3.
  2. ^ "The Nazi-era films completed after WWII – DW – 09/11/2020". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  3. ^ Dassanowsky, Robert von (2015-08-01). Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2147-0.
  4. ^ Baer, Hester (2012). Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-617-5.

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