---
title: 'The Great Love (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rolf Hansen'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Nazi Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-love-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034815/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Love (1942)

1942 · 100 min · Drama, War, Romance · Nazi Germany

Original title: Die große Liebe

## Synopsis

The Great Love is a 1942 German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Zarah Leander, Viktor Staal and Grethe Weiser. It premiered in Berlin in 1942 and went on to become the most commercially successful film in the history of the Third Reich. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios with location shooting taking place in Berlin, Rome and Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rolf Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-hansen)
- **Screenplay:** [Rolf Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-hansen), [Alexander Lernet-Holenia](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-lernet-holenia)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Jary](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-jary)
- **Producer:** [Walter Bolz](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-bolz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Weihmayr](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-weihmayr), [Gerhard Huttula](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-huttula)
- **Editor:** [Anna Höllering](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-hollering)

## Cast

- [Agnes Windeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-windeck)
- [Ewald Wenck](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewald-wenck)
- [Victor Janson](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-janson)
- [Julia Serda](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-serda)
- [Grete Reinwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/grete-reinwald)
- [Olga Engl](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-engl)
- [Grethe Weiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/grethe-weiser)
- [Leopold von Ledebur](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopold-von-ledebur)
- [Paul Hörbiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-horbiger)
- [Hans Schwarz](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schwarz)
- [Zarah Leander](https://cinepixo.com/people/zarah-leander)
- [Just Scheu](https://cinepixo.com/people/just-scheu)
- [Ilse Fürstenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-furstenberg)
- [Erich Dunskus](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-dunskus)
- [Wolfgang Preiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-preiss)

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