The Great Love

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.

6.6

100 min

Cast

Zarah Leander

as Hanna Holberg

Grethe Weiser

as Kaethe, Hannas Zofe

Viktor Staal

as Paul Wendlandt

Paul Hörbiger

as Alexander Rudnitzky, Komponist

Wolfgang Preiss

as Oberleutnant von Etzdorf

Hans Schwarz Jr.

as Artist Alfred Vanloo

Victor Janson

as Theaterdirektor Mocelli

Leopold von Ledebur

as Herr Westphal

Julia Serda

as Frau Westphal

Paul Bildt

as Unfreundlicher Oberkellner

Erich Dunskus

as Mann, der den Staffelhund mitbringt

Wilhelm Althaus

as Fliegeroffizier Hauptmann Becker

Agnes Windeck

as Hannas Mutter

Olga Engl

as Alte Dame im Mietshaus

Jakob Tiedtke

as Hauswart

Ilse Fürstenberg

as Luftschutzwartin

Hermann Pfeiffer

as Herr Konsul

Angelo Ferrari

as Löwenbändiger

Grete Reinwald

as Mutter im Luftschutzkeller

Erna Sellmer

as Kartenabreißerin

Just Scheu

as Alfred Vanloos Bruder

Director

Rolf Hansen