Above All Else in the World
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| Directed by | Karl Ritter |
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| Produced by | Karl Ritter |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Werner Krien |
| Edited by | Gottfried Ritter |
| Music by | Herbert Windt |
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| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Language | German |
Above All Else in the World (German: Über alles in der Welt) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Hannes Stelzer and Fritz Kampers.[1] The title refers to the second line of the German national anthem. It was made as a propaganda film designed to promote Nazi Germany's war aims in the Second World War.[citation needed]
Synopsis
[edit]Following the outbreak of war, Germans abroad face persecution from the British and French authorities.
Cast
[edit]- Paul Hartmann as Otl. Steinhart
- Hannes Stelzer as Hans Wiegand
- Fritz Kampers as Fritz Möbius
- Carl Raddatz as Carl Wiegand
- Oskar Sima as Leo Samek
- Maria Bard as Madeleine LaRoche
- Berta Drews as Anna Möbius
- Carsta Löck as Erika Möbius
- Marina von Ditmar as Brigitte
- Joachim Brennecke as Willy Möbius
- Karl John as Olt. Hassencamp
- Josef Dahmen as Uffz. Weber
- Georg Thomalla as Uffz. Krause
- Herbert A.E. Böhme as Kapitän Hansen
- Wilhelm König as Funker Boysen
- Karl Haubenreißer as Sally Nürnberg
- Andrews Engelmann as Capt. John Stanley
- Hans Baumann as Robert Brown
- Ernst Sattler as Rainthaler
- Lutz Götz as Hofer
- Albert Janscheck as Reindl
- Marianne Straub as Walburga
- Peter Elsholtz as Dr. v. Krisis
- Kunibert Gensichen as Reg.-Ass. Glockenburg
- Eva Tinschmann as Oberschwester Isolde
- Oscar Sabo as Friedrich Wilhelm Hoppe
- Gerhard Dammann as Siemens-Werkmeister
- Beppo Brem as Putzenlechner
- Hermann Gunther as Elsässischer Bürgermeister
- Günther Polensen as Flieger-Leutnant Nacke
- Willi Rose
- Fanny Cotta
- Heinz Welzel
- Franz Lichtenauer
- Paul Schwed
- Herbert Scholz
- Wolfgang Molitor
References
[edit]- ^ Kreimeier p. 312
Bibliography
[edit]- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
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- 1941 films
- 1940s war drama films
- German war drama films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- 1940s German-language films
- Films directed by Karl Ritter
- Nazi World War II propaganda films
- UFA GmbH films
- German black-and-white films
- 1941 drama films
- 1940s German films
- Films scored by Herbert Windt
- German-language war drama films
- Nazi-era films restricted in Germany
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