vw beetle documentary: kleiner wagen grosse liebe (3/7)

I admit: It takes some persistence to stay awake watching all 7 chapters of this 55 minute 'infomercial', which was shot in Germany in 1949. Even for the standards of those days the photographic quality is poor. The storyline is very thin and a bit staged. So it takes a real die-hard beetle lover to appreciate the film.

The first minutes of the film look like a wartime 'deutsche Wochenschau'. The powerful bombastic music amplifies that atmosphere.

The film was a collaboration between Esso and the Wolfsburg volkswagen plant. This was only 4 years after the war. Only few could affort to drive a car. Amazing is to see the early split window car playing a main role in the film: Kleiner Wagen, grosse Liebe. The pretty lady in this clip is Hilde Hildebrand. She was a well known german pre-war actress. She plays alongside less well known actors like Jakob tiedtke, Beppo Brem appear in this film.


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[hotgta]

VW Beetle, the best car of the world.

[Klattu]

Elvis Costelo

[sanjathefabulous]

how could people love this car specially when its has been ordered by a man who killed 60 millon people

[mizzm00nkitty]

built for four soldiers and a machine gun....but, also great for families.

[01928374655]

@brucekirk89 mein kopf means my head

[mike19831115]

Klomp Toss

[brucekirk89]

VW VW Hitler mein kopf sourkraut jew jew

Ther is just translated what they said

[hanghoodiescum]

looks like morrisy 

[MrClassicDoctorWho]

Small Car, Great Love =D

[karolina45610]

nun ja wieder voll beschäftigungs los wer will texten

[mrspivvy]

It was one of those rare occurances- the right car at the right time, available cheaply at a time when people would buy ANY car, but most of the cheap ones were 1 or 2 cylinder bubble car type things...the beetle at least was a "proper" car