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'''Tran and Helle''' ({{lang-de|'''Tran und Helle'''}}) were a [[comedy duo]] of the [[Third Reich]] era, played by [[Ludwig Schmitz]] (Tran) (1884–1954) and [[Jupp Hussels|Joseph "Jupp" Hussels]] (Helle) (1901–1984).

== History ==
From September 1939 the pair appeared in a number of weekly 2–3 minute short films, which usually accompanied ''[[Die Deutsche Wochenschau]]'' newsreels or feature films screened in cinema.

Tran was a bald, conniving and dim-witted character whose frequent transgressions would run counter to the German war effort or security. In different episodes Tran would listen to the [[BBC]], refuse to donate his accumulated [[kitsch]] scrap metal, or engage in [[black market]] activities. His friend Helle—taller, handsome and appearing to be more considered in judgement—served as the [[Comedic foil|foil]] who would ultimately show his fellow [[Rhineland]]er the error of his ways.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/tranundhelle.htm|title=Tran und Helle|first=Randall|last=Bytwerk|website=research.calvin.edu}}</ref> While Jews were portrayed as untrustworthy, the series lacked the heavy-handed [[antisemitism]] found in other German film productions of the Nazi era.

Tran and Helle's shorts were discontinued in the fall of 1940, possibly due to the authorities becoming concerned that audiences could sympathise with the wrong-footed but essentially human Tran, who would on occasions utter ideas contrary to the [[Nazi]] regime.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LM6rCzUXXMC&q=%22Ludwig+Schmitz%22+and+%22Jupp+Hussels%22&pg=PA256|title=Berlin Cabaret|first=Peter|last=JELAVICH|date=5 August 1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=9780674067622|via=Google Books}}</ref> Schmitz was a member of the SS from 1 March 1934 and a member of the Nazi Party from May 1937, however he was barred from the German film industry from 1941 "due to unworthy behavior". It was only in the 1950s that the popular comedian was seen again in the West German cinema. He died of a heart attack in 1954.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyranos.ch/smschw-d.htm|title=Porträt des Schauspielers Ludwig Schmitz by Thomas Staedeli|first=Thomas|last=Staedeli|website=www.cyranos.ch}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJv-zqVUGAw ''Feindbücher'' episode] (YouTube video)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VunCD-5G1VA ''Hamsterfragen'' episode] (YouTube video)

[[Category:Films of Nazi Germany]]
[[Category:German black-and-white films]]
[[Category:German short films]]
[[Category:German films]]
[[Category:Nazi propaganda films]]
[[Category:Short film series]]
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