Wild-Bird
1943, German. Directed by Johannes Meyer.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Johannes MeyerDirector
- Leny MarenbachVika von Demnitz
- Volker von CollandeWolff
- Werner HinzProfessor Lossen
- Käthe HaackTante Argate
- Beppo BremFranzl
- Herbert HübnerHerr von Demnitz
- Roma BahnBritta von Dermnitz
- Heinrich MarlowPräsident Weichbrodt
- Reinhold PaschDr. Schütte
- Ellen HilleResi
- Josef EichheimJoseph
- Vera ComplojerJosefa
Details
- Released
- 21 December 1943
- Original title
- Wildvogel
- Country
- Germany
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Wild-Bird runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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Wild-Bird isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 December 1943. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Wild-Bird?
If you liked Wild-Bird, try Home, Come Sunday, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius.
Who directed Wild-Bird?
Wild-Bird (1943) was directed by Johannes Meyer and stars Leny Marenbach, Volker von Collande, Werner Hinz.