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Nazi Occupation | London, England
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Best Writing Original Story | 1942
As of 2011, this movie has not been released in Germany at all.
The first scene is a fairly accurate depiction of the Berghof, Adolf Hitler's mountainside residence near Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg in Bavaria. The house was famous for its huge picture window which overlooked mountain scenery and was often used to impress visiting foreign VIPs.
As noted in the opening caption, the action of this movie takes place during the year preceding World War II (beginning with the German invasion of remaining Czech territory on 3/15/39) and closes on the night of 9/3/39 (the day the UK declared war on Germany).
The banner on the city bus stating "BERLIN RAUCHT JUNO" (Berlin smokes Juno) is an advertisement for a cigarette brand later distributed to German soldiers.
Considering the early release date of this movie--August 1940 in the UK and December 1940 in the US--there are many remarkable depictions of the onerous nature of the Nazi system, something not fully appreciated even by UK audiences at the time. The UK had bent over backward to accommodate Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s, and the war had only "gotten serious" a few months earlier with the debacle at Dunkirk in France and the following aerial Battle of Britain, which was well underway when this movie was released. The US would not enter the war for a full year after the December release date.
"Charters: I bought a copy of Mein Kampf. Occurred to me it might shed a spot of light on all this... how d'ye do. Ever read it? Caldicott: Never had the time. Charters: I understand they give a copy to all the bridal couples over here. Caldicott: Oh, I don't think it's that sort of book, old man."
"Anna Bomasch: You know, if a woman ever loved you like you love yourself, it would be one of the great romances of history!"
