1940 German film by Gustav Ucicky
Der Postmeister The Postmaster or The Stationmaster ) is a 1940 Austrian -German film directed by Gustav Ucicky .[ 1] Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact , it depicts Russians in a sympathetic light, unlike their depiction in such films as Frisians in Peril GPU [ 2] The Station Master , an 1831 short story from The Belkin Tales Alexander Pushkin . It was remade in 1955 as Dunja Nostalgie Harry Baur , directed by Victor Tourjansky .
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Werner Schlichting . It was made in Austria when it was part of Nazi Germany , by the Wien Film company, and distributed by UFA .
At the Venice Film Festival , Der Postmeister won the Mussolini Cup for best foreign film.
Plot
The daughter of a stationmaster falls in love with a cavalry captain. He persuades her to run away with him to St. Petersburg, but she realizes there that he never intended to marry her.
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