Überläufer

In German film history, an Überläufer (lit. defector) is a film that was in production under the Third Reich but only completed and premiered after the end of the Second World War.^[1][2] The vast majority of Überläufer films are romantic comedies with no reference to the political and military situation of the time.

Completed shortly before the end of the war

• Eyes of Love (dir. Alfred Braun)
• Friday the Thirteenth (dir. Erich Engels)
• Ghost in the Castle (dir. Hans H. Zerlett)
• How Do We Tell Our Children? (dir. Hans Deppe)
• In the Temple of Venus (dir. Hans H. Zerlett)
• Insolent and in Love (dir. Hans Schweikart)
• Law of Love (dir. Hans Schweikart)
• Melusine (dir. Hans Steinhoff), released 2014
• Quax in Africa (dir. Helmut Weiss)
• Under the Bridges (dir. Helmut Käutner)

Completed after the end of the war

• The Appeal to Conscience (dir. Karl Anton)
• The Court Concert (dir. Paul Verhoeven)
• An Everyday Story (dir. Günther Rittau)
• Die Fledermaus (dir. Géza von Bolváry)
• A Heart Beats for You (dir. Joe Stöckel)
• The Man in the Saddle (dir. Harry Piel), released 2000
• Night of the Twelve (dir. Hans Schweikart)
• Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (dir. Karl Anton)
• Thank You, I'm Fine (dir. Erich Waschneck)
• Tiefland (dir. Leni Riefenstahl)
• Ulli and Marei (dir. Leopold Hainisch)^[3]
• Viennese Girls (dir. Willi Forst)^[4]