Die große Liebe is a movie made by the Nazis during the second World War. Naturally, the plot is going to be a minor concern for the creators compared to the idea that they need to bring to the table: Germany and war over anything. War over life, war over love, war over happiness. Risking your life for the Nazi regime should be your happiness.
And this message ended up being extremely successful among the Germans. They loved it so much that the movie became the most successful movie of the Third Reich financially. This is how you know why people don't really talk about the propaganda cinema of Germany. If Die große Liebe is their most successful pro-Nazi project, there isn't much to talk about.
An opera singer in Berlin falls in love with a pilot in the German army and they try to get married over and over again, yet their wedding is always postponed, because every time he has another military mission. And it's not like he is ordered to go, he wants and chooses to go, disregarding the woman he wants to marry.
It feels like there wasn't any thought invested into the plot. The love story between the two main characters alone is extremely odd and she literally fell in love with him even though he was a complete stalker and overall a really sketchy guy. On top of their love story, the film offers two more people that are in love with the main character, making this a love square.
The Great Love (Die große Liebe) is not what you feel towards the love of your life. It's what you feel towards Nazi Germany. Can't get much worse than that, can it?
The acting in the movie is also outstandingly unremarkable. I know that the standards for the 1940s were significantly lower but at no point in the history of cinema could this have been considered good acting.
This could very well be the worst movie I have ever watched along with the worst message that I have ever seen in any movie. I highly recommend skipping this film at all costs. 0/10.
And this message ended up being extremely successful among the Germans. They loved it so much that the movie became the most successful movie of the Third Reich financially. This is how you know why people don't really talk about the propaganda cinema of Germany. If Die große Liebe is their most successful pro-Nazi project, there isn't much to talk about.
An opera singer in Berlin falls in love with a pilot in the German army and they try to get married over and over again, yet their wedding is always postponed, because every time he has another military mission. And it's not like he is ordered to go, he wants and chooses to go, disregarding the woman he wants to marry.
It feels like there wasn't any thought invested into the plot. The love story between the two main characters alone is extremely odd and she literally fell in love with him even though he was a complete stalker and overall a really sketchy guy. On top of their love story, the film offers two more people that are in love with the main character, making this a love square.
The Great Love (Die große Liebe) is not what you feel towards the love of your life. It's what you feel towards Nazi Germany. Can't get much worse than that, can it?
The acting in the movie is also outstandingly unremarkable. I know that the standards for the 1940s were significantly lower but at no point in the history of cinema could this have been considered good acting.
This could very well be the worst movie I have ever watched along with the worst message that I have ever seen in any movie. I highly recommend skipping this film at all costs. 0/10.