Rudi Godden (18 April 1907 – 4 January 1941) was a German singer and film actor, notable for his role in

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

-era musical films such as ''

Hello Janine! ''Hello Janine!'' (german: Hallo Janine!) is a 1939 German musical film directed by Carl Boese and starring Marika Rökk, Johannes Heesters and Rudi Godden. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' and '' Robert and Bertram''. ''Das Gewehr Űber'' (''

Shoulder Arms ''Shoulder Arms'' is Charlie Chaplin's second film for First National Pictures. Released in 1918, it is a silent comedy film set in France during World War I, the first of three films he made on the subject of war. It co-starred Edna Purviance ...

'') was a 1939 propaganda film.

Selected filmography

* ''

Truxa ''Truxa'' is a 1937 German drama film directed by Hans H. Zerlett and starring La Jana, Hannes Stelzer, and Ernst Fritz Fürbringer. It is a Circus A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may inclu ...

'' (1937) * '' Musketier Meier III'' (1938) * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) * '' The Great and the Little Love'' (1938) * ''

'' (1939) * ''

'' (1939) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1940) * ''

Die lustigen Vagabunden ''The Happy Vagabonds'' (German:''Die lustigen Vagabunden'') is a 1929 German silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Georg Alexander, Lotte Lorring and Ernö Verebes.Bock & Bergfelder p.129 The film's art direction was ...

'' (1940) * '' The Unfaithful Eckehart'' (1940)

Bibliography

* O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth. ''Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich''. Camden House, 2006.

External links

* 1907 births 1941 deaths German male film actors 20th-century German male singers Male actors from Berlin 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-stub