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The long-standing feud between Germans and Austrians is grist for the comedy mill in Und die Liebe Lacht Dazu (And Love Laughs At It). The scene is an Austrian mountain resort, where a German and Austrian family clash over who will claim the hotel's best suite. Not surprisingly, the son of the Austrian clan and the daughter of the German aggregation fall in love. The romantic plotline is sappy and sentimental, but the comedy is robust and rowdy, in typical Teutonic fashion. Und die Liebe Lacht Dazu was based on Schwartzbrot and Kipferl, a play by Werner von der Schulberg.