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The Great Love
The Great Love

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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

12 June 1942

Country

Germany

Cast

Zarah Leander

Zarah Leander

Hanna Holberg

Grethe Weiser

Grethe Weiser

Kaethe, Hannas Zofe

Viktor Staal

Viktor Staal

Paul Wendlandt

Paul Hörbiger

Paul Hörbiger

Alexander Rudnitzky, Komponist

Wolfgang Preiss

Wolfgang Preiss

Oberleutnant von Etzdorf

Hans Schwarz Jr.

Hans Schwarz Jr.

Artist Alfred Vanloo

Victor Janson

Victor Janson

Theaterdirektor Mocelli

Leopold von Ledebur

Leopold von Ledebur

Herr Westphal

Julia Serda

Julia Serda

Frau Westphal

Paul Bildt

Paul Bildt

Unfreundlicher Oberkellner

Erich Dunskus

Erich Dunskus

Mann, der den Staffelhund mitbringt

Wilhelm Althaus

Wilhelm Althaus

Fliegeroffizier Hauptmann Becker

Agnes Windeck

Agnes Windeck

Hannas Mutter

Olga Engl

Olga Engl

Alte Dame im Mietshaus

Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob Tiedtke

Hauswart

Ilse Fürstenberg

Ilse Fürstenberg

Luftschutzwartin

Hermann Pfeiffer

Hermann Pfeiffer

Herr Konsul

Angelo Ferrari

Angelo Ferrari

Löwenbändiger

Grete Reinwald

Grete Reinwald

Mutter im Luftschutzkeller

Erna Sellmer

Erna Sellmer

Kartenabreißerin

Just Scheu

Just Scheu

Alfred Vanloos Bruder

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