 "Die große Liebe" became the greatest commercial film success of the Third Reich.It was seen by 27 million spectators and took 8 million Reichsmarks, having cost 3 million to produce (equivalent to and million euros).The Film Censor's Office pronounced it "politically valuable", '"artistically valuable" and "valuable for the people" - a combination of accolades also granted, for example, to Gerhard Lamprecht's nationalist hero biography "Diesel" (also 1942).