WOZ & münchhausen

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

Otto schrieb:

>  And movies had
>  an extraordinary importance in Nazi-Germany to keep the simple folk at the
>  side of the nazis.

   & don't forget that hitler watched oz in his private cinema! i think it was 
  his fascination for this movie by which the making of the movie "münchhausen" 
  [1942/43] was crucially pushed (- unfortunately i can't remember where i read 
  this). goebbels allowed the forbidden author erich kästner to write the 
  film-script under the funny pseudonym "berthold bürger". the title role was 
  played by ol' blue eye hans albers (- a charismatic actor, whom brecht, as he 
  wrote in his "arbeitsjournal", would have liked to recruit for communist 
  propaganda movies). [- here in hamburg they named a place near the reeperbahn 
  after him: on the "hans albers platz" you'll find lots of ladies & red   
  lights]. other famous german actors, like brigitte horney or the unavoidable  
  ilse werner (- still active), did their part too. it was, i think, the first 
  color movie from germany. it's still considered to be a "amusing comedy". 
  well, when i saw it on tv, some years ago, i wasn't that delighted. but then 
  it is not as boring as the remake by this fellow from that famous comedy group 
  ... "münchhausen" would fit quite well into gr, but i don't recall a 
  single mention. but maybe i just forgot?!     


>  (does an American from remote Texas know the difference between
>  Kiel and Kiew?)

   hey man, you're talking the city where i was born & grew up (- and another   
   one where they play better football) ...

   bis die tage: kai frederik