The birthday film for Joseph Goebbels is a roughly 15-minute color short film directed by Heinz Rühmann in 1940 and produced by Deutsche Wochenschau GmbH. <br />The film was a birthday present from UFA to the Nazi Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, on his 43rd birthday. <br /><br />The film is largely set to music and begins in front of the Goebbels' country house on Schwanenwerder. <br />The Goebbels children walk along a path and eventually gather in front of the house. <br />The three eldest children, Helga, Hildegard, and Helmut, sing a serenade to their father.
