A Mother's Love | |
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German | Mutterliebe |
Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
Written by | Hans Flemming (novel) Gerhard Menzel |
Produced by | Karl Hartl Erich von Neusser |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Hans Schneeberger |
Edited by | Rudolf Schaad |
Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
A Mother's Love or Mother Love (German : Mutterliebe) is a 1939 drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Käthe Dorsch, Paul Hörbiger and Wolf Albach-Retty. [1]
It was made by the Vienna-based Wien-Film which had been established following the German annexation of Austria the previous year. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting.
The film portrays the various sacrifices of a mother for her children. It was one of the comparatively few films made in Nazi Germany that celebrated the role of mothers in society, despite the Nazi Party's official promotion of a cult of motherhood. [2]
Just Once a Great Lady is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Käthe von Nagy, Wolf Albach-Retty and Gretl Theimer. Nagy plays a car saleswoman. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. A separate French-language version A Day Will Come (1934) was also released, with Nagy reprising her role alongside Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Two Happy People is a 1943 comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Magda Schneider, Wolf Albach-Retty, and Oskar Sima. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss.
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