It was eventually allowed back after director was able to convince officials that the propaganda sequence was no reflection of his political ideology and was added at request of Nazi censors.
A new screening of the film was scheduled by the organizers of the event outside the festival, but the copy of the film was seized by a court order, thanks to a lawsuit filed by the regional office of the party.
Even after the war it took until 1950 before the film saw a release.
Ponette 1996 â Itâs not joyful being a child,â cries four-year-old Ponette Victoire Thivisol , the infant heroine of Jacques Doillonâs miraculous film about childhood grief.