A young woman tries to hinder her sister from committing adultery - by wooing the man she thinks is the suitor herself.
Acting
Hansi Niese steals every scene as the scheming mother.
Direction
Schünzel's rhythmic timing predates Hollywood screwball.
Costume
Interwar Austrian aristocracy dripping in velvet and shade.
Director
Reinhold Schünzel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schünzel fled Nazi Germany in 1937, making this pre-war Austrian comedy a snapshot of a culture about to vanish.
Willy Fritsch was Germany's biggest male star — his pairing with von Nagy here deliberately echoes their hit 'Bombs on Monte Carlo.'
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