Denmark

Propaganda Poster Stamp

Poster stamp issued to publicize the German film "Münchhausen", which was released in March, 1943, and distributed by UFA (Universum Film A.G.).
This stamp was part of a series of Danish Mærkater published during the first part of the German occupation of Denmark, when much of Denmark complied peacefully with the German demands, and the Germans (mostly) allowed Denmark to conduct its own business much as it did in pre-occupation times.
    According to Wikipedia:

    Münchhausen is a 1943 fantasy comedy film directed by Josef von Báky. Science fiction author David Wingrove has commented that this work "sidesteps immediate political issues whilst conjuring up marvellous visual images of an ageless pastoral Germany."

    Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels ordered the production of Münchhausen in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the UFA film studio which released it. The Jubiläumsfilm, or anniversary film, was commissioned by Goebbels, and Fritz Hippler was chosen to oversee the film's production. Hippler, who was instated as Reichsfilmdramaturg in 1939 by Goebbels, shared his view that all artistic disciplines, including film, should be "co-ordinated" to echo the propaganda themes that the regime chose to highlight, following the policy of Gleichschaltung.

    Münchhausen represented the pinnacle of the Volksfilm style of propaganda designed to entertain the masses and distract the population from the war, borrowing the Hollywood genre of large budget productions with extensive colorful visuals. The release of the Technicolor film The Wizard of Oz in the United States was a heavy influence for Goebbels. By 1940 the German research laboratory Agfa was producing its own version of colored film that had “caught up with the Americans in [color cinematography]” according to Goebbels’ diary.

    Münchhausen was the third feature film made in Germany using the new Agfacolor negative-positive material. Hippler and Ufa's production group manager Eberhard Schmidt hired Erich Kästner for the screenplay, a decision met with controversy as several of Kästner's previous works such as Fabian were banned after 1933 when the Nazi party began heavy censorship of the arts.
This is a Mærkat style poster stamp, published by F.E. Bording A/S, and is numbered 2013.
It is listed in Niels Gyrsting’s & Peter Poulsen’s "Mærkatpropaganda I Danmark – Antifascistisk & Fascistisk 1930-1945" on page 117, in the section covering "German Propaganda".

This example is F/VF, OG, NH.

Approximate Image Size: 30½ x 50½ mm.

* STOCK IMAGE


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