Quax, der Bruchpilot [SEP] director
Quax the Crash Pilot
Quax the Crash Pilot (German: Quax, der Bruchpilot) is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt and Lothar Firmans. It is also sometimes translated as Quax the Test Pilot. It features the popular song "Homeland, Your Stars".
The film set in the 1930s before the outbreak of the Second World War. It is based on an aviation story by Hermann Grote about an everyday man who wins a newspaper competition that offers free flying
, a successful film music composer who also came from Meerane. Knauf and Bochmann teamed up to write the song, "Heimat, deine Sterne" ("Homeland, your stars"), for the film "Quax, der Bruchpilot" ("Quax, the crash pilot") starring Heinz Rühmann. Other work followed.
Arrest and execution for making criminal jokes.
In 1943, Knauf lost his home in a bombing raid. He and Ohser moved to Kaulsdorf, where they still had to endure many hours