Wunschkonzert
| Wunschkonzert | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eduard von Borsody |
| Produced by | Felix Pfitzner for Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions GmbH |
| Written by |
Richard Lützkendorf Eduard von Borsody |
| Starring |
Ilse Werner Carl Raddatz Joachim Brennecke |
| Music by |
Werner Bochmann (original music) Eugen Jochum (musical director) |
| Cinematography |
Günther Anders Carl Drews Franz Weihmayr |
| Edited by | Elisabeth Neumann |
| Distributed by | Universum Film-Verleih GmbH |
|
Release date
|
30 December 1940 |
|
Running time
|
103 minutes |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Language | German |
Wunschkonzert ("Request Concert") is a 1940 German drama propaganda film by Eduard von Borsody. After Die grosse Liebe, it was the most popular film of wartime Germany, reaching the second highest gross.
The popular music show "Wunschkonzert für die Wehrmacht" ("Request Concert for the Wehrmacht") was broadcast on the German radio network every Sunday afternoon at 3.00 from the Great Broadcasting Room of the Haus des Rundfunks on Masurenallee in Berlin. Its popularity was based in part on its claims to broadcast music requested by men in the armed forces, thus uniting the armed forces and the homefront in Volksgemeinschaft. Reich Minister Goebbels insisted that all German performers contribute to it and concluded that a film based on it would be even more successful.
During the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin the young Inge Wagner and Luftwaffe Fliegerleutnant (Flight Lieutenant) Herbert Koch meet, and within a few days fall in love. They make plans for their joint future, but before they can get married Herbert is seconded to the Condor Legion and ordered to the Spanish Civil War; he is forced to leave immediately without giving Inge any explanation. The mission is top secret and all contact with home is forbidden, including by letter, and he is unable to contact her with an explanation. When after several months the operation is over, and Herbert is recovering from a severe injury, he is at last able to write to Inge, but she has moved in the meantime and he is unable to trace her.
Inge meanwhile is unable to forget Herbert and is prepared to wait for him. Three years go by. When the war begins with the Invasion of Poland in 1939, the men from Inge's area all go off to the front, including Inge's childhood friend, Helmut Winkler, whose proposal of marriage she has turned down, but who continues to hope for her hand. Helmut is assigned to a Squadron where he is put directly under Herbert, who has meanwhile been promoted to Hauptmann (Group Captain). The two become friends, not knowing that they both love the same girl.
...
Wikipedia