Freedom Radio (1940)
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Genres - Drama, War |
Sub-Genres - Propaganda Film, War Drama |
Release Date - Feb 4, 1941 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this WW II propaganda film, a German doctor, highly praised by his Nazi employers, finds it increasingly difficult to support the oppressive, increasingly brutal movement. At first he does nothing as his friends are persecuted and his wife becomes increasingly enamored with the party's misguided philosophies. Eventually he enlists the aide of an engineer and creates a secret radio station where he broadcasts condemnations of Hitler and prays for a "better" Germany to arise out of the ashes of his ruined country.
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war, allegiance, doctor/nurse, Nazism, oppression, persecution, switching-loyalty, torture