was well suited to the thrust of Nazi propaganda at the time the film was made. Other film references In the film It Was Always So Nice With You (1954) Willi Forst plays a film director who together with two musicians (played by Georg Thomalla and Heinz Drache), composes the lyrics of the hit song Bel Ami, which finally he sings. DVD publication The film is listed in the printed edition of the "Lexikon des internationalen Films", 1987, with a runtime of 100 minutes and an age restriction of 16 and over. The DVD published by Kinowelt in 2007 contains a version about 2 minutes shorter and free to the over-12s. Notes References Guy de Maupassant: Bel Ami, 1885 Free e-book: Bel Ami (partial translation only) Free audiobook : Bel-Ami (in French) Christa Bandmann and Joe Hembus, 1980: Klassiker des deutschen Tonfilms 1930 - 1960 (pp. 126–127). Citadel-Filmbücher. München: Goldmann. External links Bel Ami at filmportal.de/en www.deutscher-tonfilm.de: Bel Ami www.filmzentrale.com: Bel Ami Ein Hasser der Phrase Maupassant (article about the film from Filmwoche Nr. 1 (1939) 1939 films 1930s historical films German historical films Films of Nazi Germany Films based on French novels Films based on works by Guy de Maupassant Films set in Paris Films set in the 1900s Wiener Film Films directed by Willi Forst Tobis Film films German black-and-white films Works based on Bel-Ami 1930s German films