---
title: 'Above All Else in the World (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl Ritter'
released: '1941-03-21'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Nazi Germany'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/above-all-else-in-the-world-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140723/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Above All Else in the World (1941)

1941 · 86 min · Drama · Nazi Germany, Germany

Original title: Über alles in der Welt

## Synopsis

Above All Else in the World is a 1941 German drama film directed by Karl Ritter and starring Paul Hartmann, Hannes Stelzer and Fritz Kampers. The title refers to the second line of the German national anthem. It was made as a propaganda film designed to promote Nazi Germany's war aims in the Second World War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karl Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ritter-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Karl Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ritter-2), [Felix Lützkendorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-lutzkendorf)
- **Producer:** [Karl Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-ritter-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Windt](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-windt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-anders), [Werner Krien](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-krien)
- **Editor:** [Gottfried Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottfried-ritter)

## Cast

- [Oskar Sima](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-sima)
- [Berta Drews](https://cinepixo.com/people/berta-drews)
- [Kunibert Gensichen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kunibert-gensichen)
- [Herbert A.E. Böhme](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-a-e-bohme)
- [Fritz Kampers](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kampers)
- [Beppo Brem](https://cinepixo.com/people/beppo-brem)
- [Josef Dahmen](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-dahmen)
- [Carl Raddatz](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-raddatz)
- [Gerhard Dammann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-dammann)
- [Eva Tinschmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-tinschmann)
- [Hannes Stelzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-stelzer-2)
- [Karl Haubenreißer](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-haubenrei-er)
- [Heinz Welzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-welzel)
- [Georg Thomalla](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-thomalla)
- [Oscar Sabo](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-sabo)

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