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Request Concert

Original title: Wunschkonzert
  • 19401940
  • 1h 43m
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6.1/10
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Request Concert (1940)
MusicalRomanceWar
At the Olympic games in Berlin 1936 Inge Wagner falls in love with Luftwaffenleutnant (Airforce Lieutenant) Herbert Koch. They want to marry, but he receives orders to go to Spain - incognit... Read allAt the Olympic games in Berlin 1936 Inge Wagner falls in love with Luftwaffenleutnant (Airforce Lieutenant) Herbert Koch. They want to marry, but he receives orders to go to Spain - incognito, without permission for any contacts to his friends and relatives. Inge is still waiting... Read allAt the Olympic games in Berlin 1936 Inge Wagner falls in love with Luftwaffenleutnant (Airforce Lieutenant) Herbert Koch. They want to marry, but he receives orders to go to Spain - incognito, without permission for any contacts to his friends and relatives. Inge is still waiting for him. After the beginning of WW II, German radio starts broadcasting the "Wunschkonzer... Read all
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    • Eduard von Borsody
    • Joseph Goebbels(uncredited)
    • Felix Lützkendorf
    • Eduard von Borsody
  • Stars
    • Hedwig Bleibtreu
    • Joachim Brennecke
    • Heinz Goedecke
    • Eduard von Borsody
    • Joseph Goebbels(uncredited)
    • Felix Lützkendorf
    • Eduard von Borsody
  • Stars
    • Hedwig Bleibtreu
    • Joachim Brennecke
    • Heinz Goedecke
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    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Request Concert (1940)
    Carl Raddatz and Ilse Werner in Request Concert (1940)
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    Hedwig Bleibtreu
    Hedwig Bleibtreu
    • Frau Wagner
    Joachim Brennecke
    Joachim Brennecke
    • Helmut Winkler
    Heinz Goedecke
    • Heinz Goedecke
    Paul Hörbiger
    Paul Hörbiger
    • Paul Hörbiger
    Carl Raddatz
    Carl Raddatz
    • Herbert Koch
    Heinz Rühmann
    Heinz Rühmann
    • Heinz Rühmann
    Ilse Werner
    Ilse Werner
    • Inge Wagner
    Ida Wüst
    Ida Wüst
    • Frau Eichhorn
    Hans Hermann Schaufuß
    Hans Hermann Schaufuß
    • Hammer
    Hans Adalbert Schlettow
    Hans Adalbert Schlettow
    • Kramer
    Malte Jaeger
    • Lehrer Friedrich
    • (as Malte Jäger)
    Walter Ladengast
    • Schwarzkopf
    Albert Florath
    Albert Florath
    • Physician
    Elise Aulinger
    • Frau Schwarzkopf
    Wilhelm Althaus
    • Capt. Freiburg
    Walter Bechmann
    • Waiter
    Günther Lüders
    • Zimmermann
    Erwin Biegel
    Erwin Biegel
    • Justav
      • Eduard von Borsody
      • Joseph Goebbels(uncredited)
      • Felix Lützkendorf
      • Eduard von Borsody
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    • Trivia
      The film takes place in 1936.
    • Connections
      Edited into Deutschland, erwache! (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      Gute Nacht Mutter
      Music by Werner Bochmann
      Lyrics by Erwin Lehnow
      Sung by Wilhelm Strienz

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    6/10
    Lighthearted musical entertainment for audiences in WW2 Germany
    `Wunschkonzert' (Request Concert) – whose inspiration came from Goebbles – provides an idealised self-portrait of National Socialism's society of spectacle. It starts with Hitler's arrival at the 1936 Olympics and takes us on a tour of Berlin. Its subsequent points of interest include the battlefield of war, an affair of the heart, and above all a popular radio broadcast that binds private destinies to an imaginary collective fate. The film features many of Germany's movie- and show-stars. `Wunschkonzert' is filled with popular (German) songs of the 1930s and 40s and therefore, was a big success with the soldiers on the front.
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      • December 30, 1940 (Germany)
      • Germany
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions GmbH
      • Universum Film (UFA)
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    • 1 hour 43 minutes
      • Black and White

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