It Only Happened Once
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Sabine Schröder, who works as a hairdresser's assistant in a small town, feels called to higher things: to acting. She gets on everyone's nerves with her madness: her boss, her parents and above all her fiancé, the car mechanic Jürgen. One day, when Schröders received a letter from a Berlin film company, the father burned it unread. Out of disappointment, anger and defiance, Sabine packs her bags and makes her way to Berlin, where the film festival is taking place.
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Cast
21 people
Hans Albers
himself
Known for
The Blue Angel
Münchhausen
Charlotte Ander
herself
Also in
Three Bluejackets and a Blonde
A Song Goes Round the World
Gustav Kampendonk
Géza von Bolváry
Also in
A tizennegyedik
Kurt Ulrich
Emmy Burg
Sabine's Mutter
Also in
The Kaiser's Lackey
Ship of the Dead
Helga Martin
Sabine
Also in
Der Haustyrann
Immer die Mädchen
Stanislav Ledinek
Sabine's Vater
Also in
The Green Archer
The Squeaker
Alexa von Porembsky
Mutter Schröder
Known for
Woman in the Moon
Karl Hellmer
Barber
Also in
The Bridge
Großer Mann, was nun?
Waltraut Runze
Secretary
Also in
Escape from East Berlin
Liane, Daughter of the Jungle
Walter Ambrock
Jürgen
Géza von Bolváry Director
First release March 7, 1958 · Produced in Germany · Original title Das gab's nur einmal
Production
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
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Original title
Das gab's nur einmal
Original language
German
Release dates
Germany · March 7, 1958
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No release date listed for United States.
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