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 edit
- Eyes of Love (dir. Alfred Braun)
- Friday the Thirteenth (dir. Erich Engels)
- Ghost in the Castle (dir. Hans H. Zerlett)
- How Do We Tell Our Children? (dir. Hans Deppe)
- In the Temple of Venus (dir. Hans H. Zerlett)
- Insolent and in Love (dir. Hans Schweikart)
- Melusine (dir. Hans Steinhoff), released 2014
- Quax in Africa (dir. Helmut Weiss)
- Under the Bridges (dir. Helmut Käutner)
Completed after the end of the war edit
- The Appeal to Conscience (dir. Karl Anton)
- The Court Concert (dir. Paul Verhoeven)
- An Everyday Story (dir. Günther Rittau)
- Die Fledermaus (dir. Géza von Bolváry)
- A Heart Beats for You (dir. Joe Stöckel)
- The Man in the Saddle (dir. Harry Piel), released 2000
- Night of the Twelve (dir. Hans Schweikart)
- Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (dir. Karl Anton)
- Thank You, I'm Fine (dir. Erich Waschneck)
- Tiefland (dir. Leni Riefenstahl)
- Ulli and Marei (dir. Leopold Hainisch)[3]
- Viennese Girls (dir. Willi Forst)[4]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The Nazi-era films completed after WWII – DW – 09/11/2020". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
- ^ Dassanowsky, Robert von (2015-08-01). Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2147-0.
- ^ 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.