# Love Is Duty Free > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Love_Is_Duty_Free > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Love_Is_Duty_Free.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Duty_Free > Source revision: 1341590037 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1941 film Love is Duty Free Directed by E. W. Emo Written by Fritz Koselka Starring Hans Moser Susi Peter [de] Theodor Danegger Hans Olden Cinematography Georg Bruckbauer Music by Hanns Elin Max Niederberger Production company Wien-Film Release date 17 April 1941 (1941-04-17) Country Germany Language German ***Love is Duty Free*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Liebe ist zollfrei***) is a 1941 [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [E. W. Emo](/source/E._W._Emo) and starring [Hans Moser](/source/Hans_Moser_(actor)), [Susi Peter](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susi_Peter&action=edit&redlink=1), and [Theodor Danegger](/source/Theodor_Danegger).[1] The film was made by [Wien-Film](/source/Wien-Film), a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into [Greater Germany](/source/Greater_Germanic_Reich) following the 1938 [Anschluss](/source/Anschluss). The film was intended to mock the [First Austrian Republic](/source/First_Austrian_Republic) and its democratic system of government as incompetent. ## Synopsis The financially hard-pressed Austrian government have arranged a secret deal with the Swiss, but an officious Austrian customs officer is unaware of this and arrests the Swiss representatives in the belief that they are wanted criminals. ## Cast - [Hans Moser](/source/Hans_Moser_(actor)) as Laurenz Hasenhüttl - [Susi Peter](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Susi_Peter&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susi_Peter)] as Hasenhüttls Tochter - [Theodor Danegger](/source/Theodor_Danegger) as Schweizer Gesandter - [Hans Olden](/source/Hans_Olden) as Finanzminister - [Maria Eis](/source/Maria_Eis) as Frau des Finanzminister - [Else Elster](/source/Else_Elster) as Geliebte des Finanzministers - [Hans Unterkircher](/source/Hans_Unterkircher) as Minister Bouvier - [Oskar Sima](/source/Oskar_Sima) as Bundeskanzler - [Heinrich Heilinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Heilinger&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heilinger)] as Ministerialrat - [Erik Frey](/source/Erik_Frey) as Ministerialsekretär - [Fritz Imhoff](/source/Fritz_Imhoff) as Pförtner - [Josef Egger](/source/Josef_Egger) as Amtsdiener - [Alfred Neugebauer](/source/Alfred_Neugebauer) as Amerikanischer Millionär - [Karl Skraup](/source/Karl_Skraup) as Chefredakteur Grimsky - [Gisa Wurm](/source/Gisa_Wurm) as Stubenmädchen - [Robert Freitag](/source/Robert_Freitag) as Schweizer Zollbeamter - [Hermann Erhardt](/source/Hermann_Erhardt) as Polizeiwachtmeister - [Josef Eichheim](/source/Josef_Eichheim) as Wirt in Feldkirch - [Gertrud Wolle](/source/Gertrud_Wolle) as Englische Touristin - [Karl Kneidinger](/source/Karl_Kneidinger) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHake252_1-0)** [Hake](#CITEREFHake), p. 252. ## Bibliography - Hake, Sabine (2001). *Popular Cinema of the Third Reich*. Austin: University of Texas Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-292-73458-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-292-73458-6). ## External links - [*Love Is Duty Free*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033831/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by E. W. Emo Honeymoon (1928) Polish Economy (1928) Dive (1929) What Price Love? (1929) The Jumping Jack (1930) Twice Married (1930) The Unknown Guest (1931) One Night with You (1932) The Testament of Cornelius Gulden (1932) Wrong Number, Miss (1932) The Ladies Diplomat (1932) Modern Dowry (1932) Model Wanted (1933) The Girl with the Bruise (1933) Little Girl, Great Fortune (1933) Marion, That's Not Nice (1933) And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) Paganini (1934) The Double (1934) The Gentleman Without a Residence (1934) The Bird Seller (1935) Circus Saran (1935) The Schimeck Family (1935) Last Stop (1935) Heaven on Earth (1935) Three Girls for Schubert (1936) The Fairy Doll (1936) Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn (1936) The Cabbie's Song (1936) A Hoax (1936) The Missing Wife (1937) The Unexcused Hour (1937) The Optimist (1938) Thirteen Chairs (1938) Anton the Last (1939) Immortal Waltz (1939) Beloved Augustin (1940) My Daughter Lives in Vienna (1940) Love Is Duty Free (1941) Black on White (1943) Two Happy People (1943) Vienna 1910 (1943) By a Nose (1949) Nothing But Coincidence (1949) Theodore the Goalkeeper (1950) Shame on You, Brigitte! (1952) Irene in Trouble (1953) Lady's Choice (1953) Her Corporal (1956) Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1956) This article related to a German film of the 1940s is a stub. 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