Überläufer
German film
In German film history, an Überläufer (lit. defector) is a film that was in production under the Third Reich but completed or premiered only after the end of the Second World War. The vast majority of Überläufer films are romantic comedies with no reference to the political and military situation of the time.
Completed shortly before the end of the war
Eyes of Love (dir. Alfred Braun)
Friday the Thirteenth (dir. Erich Engels)
Ghost in the Castle (dir. Hans H. Zerlett)
How Do We Tell Our Children? (dir. Hans Deppe)
In the Temple of Venus (dir. Hans H. Zerlett)
Insolent and in Love (dir.
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