The engineer Wolff Benningsen (Volker von Collande), a self-assured and über-obnoxious jingo jerk meets the young art student Vika von Demnitz (Leny Marenbach) while climbing in the Alps. One get's the idea that he would like to knock her over the head with a club and drag her to his cave but since this is out of fashion he decides to stalk her and annoy her heavy-handedly into a full submission. Understandingly, she instantly dislikes the lad and tries to shake him off. She succeeds a few times but then starts to suffer from some kind of Stockholm syndrome and falls for him. But that's not enough for him, being an infantile egoist he wants to tame the "wild bird" fully and break every last bit of her own will. It's all hard to believe if you haven't seen it yourself.
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Cast
21 people
Leny Marenbach
Vika von Demnitz
Also in
Ein Zug fährt ab
Zentrale Rio
Volker von Collande
Wolff
Also in
The Student of Prague
Two in a Big City
Johannes Meyer
Gerhard T. Buchholz
Otto Ernst Lubitz
Werner Hinz
Professor Lossen
Also in
The Longest Day
Eichholz & Söhne
Ernõ Innocent Vincze
Käthe Haack
Tante Argate
Known for
Münchhausen
Paul Nundorf
Beppo Brem
Franzl
Also in
Shock Troop
Die fidelen Detektive
Herbert Hübner
Herr von Demnitz
Also in
Diener lassen bitten
Zu viele Köche
Roma Bahn
Britta von Dermnitz
Known for
Girls in Uniform
Johannes Meyer Director
First release December 21, 1943 · Produced in Germany · Original title Wildvogel
Production
Berlin-Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Wildvogel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · December 21, 1943
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
January 28, 1945 · Theatrical
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