by Hal Erickson
synopsis
One of several German military comedies of the early-talkie era, Liebeskommando (Command to Love) serves as a vehicle for the personable Dolly Haas. The star is cast as Antonia, the youngest member of a military family. When her brother Francesco (Walter Edhofer) refuses to follow in his father's footsteps by enrolling in a military academy, Antonia disguises herself as a boy and signs up in Francesco's place. She manages to pull off the ruse for three years, though one wonders how she was able to avoid undressing in front of her dorm-mates for so long a period. Eventually she reveals her true identity when she falls in love with her handsome superior officer, Lt. Von Lorentz (Gustav von Froelich).
