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 politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hit ...

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musical films Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

such as '' Hello Janine!'' and '' Robert and Bertram''. ''Das Gewehr Űber'' ('' Shoulder Arms'') 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 film, based on a novel by Heinrich Seiler. The film was released in the United States and was ...

'' (1937) * '' Musketier Meier III'' (1938) * ''

The Stars Shine ''The Stars Shine'' (german: Es leuchten die Sterne) is a 1938 German musical revue directed by Hans H. Zerlett and written by Zerlett and Hans Hannes. Synopsis A young secretary leaves the country and travels to Berlin to seek work as an actr ...

'' (1938) * '' The Great and the Little Love'' (1938) * '' Hello Janine!'' (1939) * '' Shoulder Arms'' (1939) * '' Robert and Bertram'' (1939) * '' Polterabend'' (1940) * '' Die lustigen Vagabunden'' (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