Ordered to Love (1961)

3.6/10 • 87 min • Drama History

Overview

Revealing story about the mysterious Nazi organization "Lebensborn," which was intended to serve the SS in pursuing population policy and racial hygiene goals by systematically producing "hereditarily valuable" children. The film depicts an anti-Hitler Knight's Cross recipient with false papers who becomes a witness and victim of relevant events in a Lebensborn home, where 30 enthusiastic BDM girls and a number of SS hooligans and frontline soldiers have just moved in to "give the Führer a child."

Cast

Maria Perschy

Doris Korff

Joachim Hansen

Oberlt. Klaus Steinbach

Harry Meyen

Hauptsturmführer Dr. Hagen

Marisa Mell

Erika Meuring

Gert Günther Hoffmann

Oberlt. Mertens

Renate Küster

Marlene

Hellmut Lange

Oberscharführer Niedermeyer

Birgit Bergen

Brigitte

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