Der Postmeister

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Der Postmeister (English: The Postmaster or The Stationmaster) was a 1940 German film directed by Gustav Ucicky.[1] Released during the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it depicts Russians in a sympathetic light, unlike their depiction in such films as Friesennot before or GPU after.[2]

At the Venice Film Festival, it won the Mussolini Cup for best foreign film.

Plot

The daughter of a stationmaster falls in love with a cavalry captain. He persuades her to run away with him to St. Petersburg, but she realizes there that he never intended to marry her.

References

  1. ↑ "New York Times: Der Postmeister (1940)". NY Times. Retrieved 2010-10-30. 
  2. ↑ Erwin Leiser, Nazi Cinema p43 ISBN 0-02-570230-0

External links

The Stationmaster (1940) at the Internet Movie Database


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