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Katharina, die Letzte (1936)
moving
I think this is among the most moving films I've ever seen. I really sat in front of the TV sniffing and sobbing. Both Franziska Gaal as Katharina and Hans Holt as Hans von Gerstikow are simply wonderful and convincing. Katharina is a simple girl working as a kitchen maid in the household of rich Sixtus Braun. Brauns elegant daughter Sybill is interested in the urbane womaniser Hans von Gerstikow, which her father strongly disapproves of, so he tells all the personnel - except Katharina, who he hadn't thought of - not to admit Gerstikow in his house. Thus, Gerstikow flirts with Katharina, with ulterior motives, just because he thinks he can bypass the father and approach Sybill that way. But the naive kitchen maid takes him serious and falls in love...
Heldenfrühling (1991)
love & war
The tragicomic film "Heldenfruehling" is set in Austria during the last weeks of World War II in 1945. Two fifteen year-old adolescents from Austria and Germany respectively are conscripted to the army's "Volkssturm" just a few weeks before the capitulation. While they struggle to survive and find their way in this new, unexpected situation, they also experience their first amorous adventures. On their way, they encounter fanatic commanders and comrades, who simply don't want to accept that war will soon be lost, as well as right-minded soldiers with a realistic assessment of the situation. The film connects a humorous view on the two boys' struggles with their sexual awakening with the serious background of the Nazi regime, thus combining comedy and tragedy, without those parts ever clashing.