Cheeky Jette is a typical Berlin girl. Together with her mother, she performs couplets in a Berlin suburb theatre every night. Then, a young Austrian baron, who is worshipping Jette, enables her to audition for Königstädtisches Theater. Although she at first fails with an aria from an opera, Jette wins over the hearts of the board members with her fresh style when she performs a cheeky couplet that was written by Barsch, the stage manager of the suburb theater.
Acting
Grethe Weiser owns every frame with Berliner Schnauze attitude.
Costume
Glorious 1930s theatre wardrobe that screams pre-war glamour.
Writing
Witty couplets that actually land the class-satire punches.
Director
Erich Waschneck
Grethe Weiser
Jette Schönborn
Viktor de Kowa
Inspizient Fritz Barsch
Kurt Meisel
Graf Eugen Opalla
Marina von Ditmar
Paula Schönborn
Hans Junkermann
Theaterdirektor Körting
Paul Westermeier
Herr Bankdirektor
Ernst Legal
Professor Cravallo
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Stadtrat Müller
Alfred Schlageter
Hansi Arnstaedt
Olga Limburg
Wilhelm Bendow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria, making Jette's Austrian baron romance oddly prescient — or propaganda.
Grethe Weiser became West Germany's highest-paid actress; this early role already shows why she dominated post-war comedy.
DE
