`Wunschkonzert' (Request Concert) whose inspiration came from Goebbles provides an idealised self-portrait of National Socialism's society of spectacle. It starts with Hitler's arrival at the 1936 Olympics and takes us on a tour of Berlin. Its subsequent points of interest include the battlefield of war, an affair of the heart, and above all a popular radio broadcast that binds private destinies to an imaginary collective fate. The film features many of Germany's movie- and show-stars. `Wunschkonzert' is filled with popular (German) songs of the 1930s and 40s and therefore, was a big success with the soldiers on the front.
Review of Request Concert
Request Concert
(1940)
Lighthearted musical entertainment for audiences in WW2 Germany
11 April 2001