The Great Love (1942 film)

The Great Love
Directed byRolf Hansen
Written byPeter Groll
Rolf Hansen
Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Produced byWalter Bolz
StarringZarah Leander
Viktor Staal
Grethe Weiser
CinematographyFranz Weihmayr
Gerhard Huttula (special effects)
Edited byAnna Höllering
Music byMichael Jary
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date
  • 12 June 1942 (1942-06-12)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Budget3 million RM (equivalent to 13 million 2021 euros)
Box office8 million RM (equivalent to 34 million 2021 euros)

The Great Love (German: Die große Liebe) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Zarah Leander, Viktor Staal and Grethe Weiser.[1] It premiered in Berlin in 1942 and went on to become the most commercially successful film in the history of the Third Reich.[2]

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios with location shooting taking place in Berlin, Rome and Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.

  1. ^ "New York Times: Die Grosse Liebe (1942)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  2. ^ Erwin Leiser, Nazi Cinema p61 ISBN 0-02-570230-0