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Above All Else in the World

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Above All Else in the World
Directed byKarl Ritter
Written by
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.

Synopsis

Following the outbreak of war, Germans abroad face persecution from the British and French authorities.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Kreimeier p. 312

Bibliography

  • 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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