Goodbye, Franziska (1941 film)

Goodbye, Franziska (German: Auf Wiedersehn, Franziska!) is a 1941 German romance film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Marianne Hoppe, Hans Söhnker and Fritz Odemar.[1] It portrays the relationship between a globetrotting reporter and his devoted wife. The film was remade in 1957.

Goodbye, Franziska
Marianne Hoppe in a scene from the film.
Directed byHelmut Käutner
Written by
Produced byHans Tost
Starring
CinematographyJan Roth
Edited byHelmuth Schönnenbeck
Music byMichael Jary
Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
24 April 1941
Running time
89 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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 Käutner 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.[2]

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.[3]

Cast

References
  1. Hake p. 243
  2. Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010, page 169.
  3. Cinzia Romani, Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich p. 142 ISBN 978-0-9627613-1-7

Bibliography
  • Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.


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