Be a great lady once (1957)

Movie
Original title	Be a great lady for once
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1957
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Erik Ode
script	Janne Furch Werner Eplinius Fritz Böttger (unnamed script adaptation)
production	Artur Brauner
music	Erwin Halletz
camera	Karl Löb
cut	Kurt Zeunert
occupation
Gudula Blau : Jeannette Heider Grethe Weiser : Elly, her aunt Dietmar Schönherr : Stefan Riehl, journalist Erich Winn : Philipp de Witt Gustl Weishappel : Freddy, his secretary Walter Feuchtenberg : Hotel detective Zwingeli Kurd Pieritz : Sawitzky, director Hannelore Könemann : Lucia Murano Peter Jost : Schmöller, manager Luigi Malipiero : Hotel Manager in Lugano Jupp Flohr : Guggemoos, porter Elke Arendt : Miss Wind, editorial secretary Margit Jung: Service station service Wolfgang Müller : Wolfgang Berger Henry Lorenzen : Lord Uppercut Martin Berliner : Lauterer, unit manager Horst Naumann : Kurt Jäger Olive Moorefield : Olive, singer Barbara Saade : Service station operator Heinz Schulz : gas station attendant Monika Peitsch : Schmöller's secretary Werner Stock : prop master

Be a great lady once is a German comedy film from 1957 by Erik Ode with Gudula Blau , Grethe Weiser and Dietmar Schönherr in the leading roles. The film is a remake of the classic comedy The Countess of Monte Christo from 1932.

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To be a great lady for once - that's what the young Jeanette has always dreamed of when she took part in a film company’s young talent competition. A career as a screen star is in prospect, and Jeanette, accompanied by her resolute aunt Elly, firmly believes that she has what it takes. Well, the film people and their friend, the film journalist Stefan Riehl, see it completely differently, and when Jeanette realizes that she will not start a career in front of the camera here and now, she steals her after the director has harassed Sawitzky again during test shoots , in a fit of overreaction, the luxury car required for filming and rushes off the set with Elly, along with an equally stolen mink coat. When she pulls up in front of a luxury hotel in Lugano, Switzerland, she is taken for exactly what she is not: a great lady, the princess of Hohenfels-Zeltingen: if not famous then at least very rich.

The new guests are courted and ensnared according to all the rules of the art, and soon Jeanette has no choice but to continue the role of a princess with Aunt Elly as her maid. The elegant Philipp de Witt also believes this role, but behind his urbane facade only a disdainful criminal heart beats. Together with his “secretary” and fellow crook, Freddy, he has specialized in rich, plundered hotel guests. The wrong princess quickly gets into the crosshairs of the wrong gentleman, who just as quickly finds out that there is absolutely nothing to get from Jeanette. De Witt is pretty sure that the young lady, like himself, must be a con man. Only with the appearance of Stefan, who has loved the charming and beautiful would-be film star for a long time, does Jeanette's permanent misery end. He even manages to market Jeanette's exciting story and get her the first film lead role.

Production notes

Being a Great Lady once was shot in June and July 1957 at several locations (including Lugano) and was premiered on August 23, 1957.

Fritz Klotzsch took over the production management. Emil Hasler designed the film structures executed by Walter Kutz .

Cissy Kraner, Bob Martin, Die Montecarlos, the Trio Raisner, Ernie Bieler, Jimmy Makulis, the Sunnies, The Cornell Trio and Baby Scruggs will sing.

criticism

In the lexicon of international film it is succinctly: "Routine comedy."

Individual evidence

1. ↑ To be a great lady for once. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 1, 2020 .  

Web links

• Even be a great lady in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Be a great lady for once at filmportal.de