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The fox of Glenarvon (german title: Der Fuchs von Glenarvon) is a German propaganda film from the Nazi era, made in 1940 by Max W. Kimmich. The story was written by Wolf Neumeister and Hans Bertram after a novel of the same title by Nicola Rohn that was published at the German publishing house of Ullstein in 1937. It passed censorship on April 22nd, 1940 and was presented to the german public two days later. It was also shown in many occupied or collaborating countries, starting in Finland, for example, at March 8th, 1942.

Plot synopsis
The film takes place during the Irish independence fights in the late 19th century. The story is seated in the Irish county of Glenarvon, a fictional area in the northwest of Ireland, and deals with the lovestory between Lord Ennis, a patriotic - and therefore anti-British - Irish nobleman and Gloria Grandison, wife of the English governor of Glenarvon. The triangle connection ends - of course - with the death of Lord Grandison and the connection between Gloria and Lord Ennis.

Background information
The film was produced at the beginning of the German attacks against Great Britain and was meant to push the anti-british feelings inside of the german people. Therefore it glorifies the Irish resistance against the British occupators. A galaxy of stars took place in it, such as Olga Tschechowa, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ferdinand Marian or Elisabeth Flickenschildt. Both critics and official ranks were quite enthusiastic about the final movie: it was decorated with the attribute "artificially valuable" by film checkers of the propaganda ministry and at its debut date, Goebbels resumes in his diary: "Now it´s great and very useful for our propaganda." After the war, it was, however, banned by the Allies and until today, this ban has not been lifted again.