The Great Love
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The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1942-06-12
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: Rolf Hansen
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: The Great Love
Production Companies:
Production Countries: Germany
Cast
Zarah Leander
Grethe Weiser
Viktor Staal
Paul Hörbiger
Wolfgang Preiss
Hans Schwarz Jr.
Victor Janson
Leopold von Ledebur
Julia Serda
Paul Bildt
Erich Dunskus
Wilhelm Althaus
Agnes Windeck
Olga Engl
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