The Great Love
12/06/1942
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.
Movie Information
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
