Request Concert (1940)

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Country: Germany
Genres: Musical, Romance, War
Release: 1940-12-30
Director: Eduard von Borsody
Writers: Felix Lützkendorf , Eduard von Borsody
Language: German
Stars: Hedwig Bleibtreu , Joachim Brennecke , Heinz Goedecke , Paul Hörbiger , Carl Raddatz , Heinz Rühmann , Ilse Werner , Ida Wüst , Hans Hermann Schaufuß , Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Runtime: 103 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Önskekonserten (Sweden) , Kibô ongakukai (Japan) , Request Concert (United States of America) , Wunschkonzert , L'épreuve du temps (France, French Republic) , Mia melodia, mia anamnisis (Greece) , Request Concert (United Kingdom) , Request Concert , 希望音楽会 (Japan) , Wunschkonzert (Germany) , Musique au choix (Belgium) , Das Wunschkonzert (Germany) , Kívánsághangverseny (Hungary) , Toivomuskonsertti (Finland) , Koncert życzeń (Poland) , Ønskekoncerten (Denmark) , Stem uit de aether (Netherlands the) , Concerto a richiesta (Italy)
Plot: At the Olympic games in Berlin 1936 Inge Wagner falls in love with Luftwaffenleutnant (Airforce Lieutenant) Herbert Koch. They want to marry, but he receives orders to go to Spain - incognito, without permission for any contacts to his friends and relatives. Inge is still waiting for him. After the beginning of WW II, German radio starts broadcasting the "Wunschkonzert für die Wehrmacht" - a program made of wishes from the soldiers. He hears the song, he wanted to hear, and so does Inge. A friend of Inge, who hopes she is willing to marry him, comes to the same squadron where Koch flies. Koch and Inge arrange a date at a Hamburg restaurant, but he and Ilse's friend are shot down the day before. In the hospital Koch finds out, that he and his friend love the same girl. He thinks they are already engaged and is willing to give her up.
IMDB:tt0033275