13/10/2026
Cinema in occupied Belgium
The first film, shot at the initiative of the German propaganda departement in occupied Belgium, was intended to prove that citizens of Flanders were related to the Germans. Die Grosse Liebe was a so-called Durchhaltefilm, in which German women were encouraged to persevere and support their husbands, even when they had to fight at the front for years. The Swedish actress Zarah Leander was very popular during the occupation thanks to the films in which she sang and danced.
Flanderns Germanisches Gesicht (Alfred Ehrhardt, Germany, 1941)
V: DE
Die Grosse Liebe (Rolf Hansen, Germany, 1942)
Zarah Leander, Viktor Staal, Paul Hörbiger
ST / OND: FR - NL
🗓️ 13.10 - 18:00 & 20.10 - 20:00 @ CINEMATEK
👉 Short bilingual video introduction by Roel Vande Winkel (LUCA/KU Leuven).