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Goodbye, Franziska (1941 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Goodbye, Franziska' is a 1941 German romance film directed by Helmut Kutner and starring Marianne Hoppe, Hans Shnker and Fritz Odemar.Hake p. 243 It portrays the relationship between a globetrotting reporter and his devoted wife. The film was remade in 1957.
After World War II, the Allied Forces banned the film from being shown in the German-occupied area because of its ending, which reminded the viewers to support the war effort. Director Kutner was eventually able to convince officials that the propaganda sequence was in no way a reflection of his political ideology and was added at request of Nazi censors. The remainder of the film was fairly apolitical, and, as such, it was brought back in circulation a few years later; the propaganda end sequence is not seen on current prints of the film.Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. 'The A to Z of German Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2010, page 169.
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios.
Synopsis
Reisiger travels over the world, in search of news stories. He meets and marries Franziska, after her pregnancy, but continues to leave her. One colleague, dying, tells him to go home, and he returns. When World War II breaks out, he must leave again for war, and Franziska waits for him.Cinzia Romani, 'Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich' p. 142 ISBN 978-0-9627613-1-7
Cast
* Marianne Hoppe as Franziska Tiemann
* Hans Shnker as Michael Reisiger
* Fritz Odemar as Professor Tiemann
* Rudolf Fernau as Dr. Christoph Leitner
* Hermann Speelmans as Buck Standing
* Margot Hielscher as Helen Philips
* Herbert Hbner as Ted Simmons
* Frida Richard as Kathrin
* Klaus Pohl as Brieftrger Prckl
* Elmer Bantz as Der junge Begleiter von Helen Philips
* Traute Baumbach as Das mollige Animiermdchen in Seaman's Paradiese
* Louis Brody as Der Portier im sdamerikanischen Hotel
* Josefine Dora as Frau Schpf
* Angelo Ferrari as Gast im Seaman's Paradise
* Ursula Herking as Nettie
* Karl Jstel as Gast im Seaman's Paradise
* Rudolf Kalvius as Ein Anwalt
* Gustl Kreusch as Animierdame
* Evelyn Knneke as Singer'Sing Nachtigall Sing'
* Renate Mannhardt as Die exotische Tnzerin
* Vera Mayr as Krankenschwester
* Annemarie Schfer as Das melancholische Mdchen
* Marianne Stanior as Das Animiermdchen mit Michael
* Hans Wallner as Der Ober im Ratscafe
* Erich Ziegel as Arzt
* Ern Ren
* Ruth Kruse
* Edith Hildebrandt
* Beryl Roberts
* Marianne Beckmann
References
Bibliography
* Hake, Sabine. 'Popular Cinema of the Third Reich'. University of Texas Press, 2001.
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