When Bartos, the director of the Odeon variety theater, cancels an artist at short notice, he hires the Terrys out of necessity, whose parents were successful variety artists, but who had not yet received an engagement themselves. Both are supported by Tobs, a friend of their parents. While blonde Mara Terry arrives punctually for the first rehearsal, her dark-haired sister Kora is late like a diva and acts aloof and snippy. At their first performance together the next day, Kora is overtired from partying the night before. During a dangerous act in which she has to balance her upside-down sister on her head, she becomes careless...
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Marika Rökk
Kora / Mara Terry
Also in
The Woman of My Dreams
Hallo Janine
Will Quadflieg
Michael Varany
Known for
Lola Montès
Josef Sieber
Karel Tobias - gen. Tobs
Also in
Paradies der Junggesellen
Die Mädels vom Immenhof
Will Dohm
Agent Möller
Also in
The Bath in the Barn
Opera Ball
Hans Leibelt
Bartos - Direktor des Odeon
Known for
The Punch Bowl
Ursula Herking
Fräulein Haase
Also in
Children, Mother, and the General
Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf
Herbert Hübner
Also in
Diener lassen bitten
Zu viele Köche
Flockina von Platen
Olly Laurens
Also in
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Wrong Number, Miss
Franz Schafheitlin
Vopescu
Known for
Titanic
Münchhausen
Friedl Haerlin
Also in
Die Königin einer Nacht
The Stolen Face
Maria Koppenhöfer
Managerin der Truppe
Also in
Lowlands
The Heart of a Queen
Lotte Spira
Also in
The Woman of My Dreams
Liebelei
Georg Jacoby Director · Walter Wassermann Writer Lotte Neumann Writer
First release November 27, 1940 · Produced in Germany · Production Universum Film (UFA)
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UFA
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Universum Film (UFA)
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · November 27, 1940
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No release date listed for United States.
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