Above All Else in the World

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Above All Else in the World
Directed byKarl Ritter
Written by
  • Felix Lützkendorf
  • Karl Ritter
Produced byKarl Ritter
Starring
CinematographyWerner Krien
Edited byGottfried Ritter
Music byHerbert Windt
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 21 March 1941 (1941-03-21)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryNazi Germany
LanguageGerman

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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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