It All Started So Gaily
6.7
Clemens and Bobi, two legation secretaries, are sent on a delicate mission by their minister: it concerns a red portfolio with secret papers, which the minister stuck under a bed mattress and forgot about when he met someone on a rendezvous. And to make things more difficult, the horny minister can't remember which room he left it in. After several incidents in different hotel rooms, neither secretary has found a thing. There's not a trace of the portfolio; but Clemens is more interested in Annette, the young lady in one of the hotel beds, than in the portfolio. He forgets his mission and can think only of her. Boni, in the meantime, has found his way into a room, where Olivia is staying and sees a red, leather folder there. But the woman throws him out in short order.
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Cast
22 people
Johannes Heesters
Clemens Verné
Known for
Otto - The Movie
1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
Theo Lingen
Bonifatius 'Boni' Zeck
Known for
M
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Erich Claunigk
Ernesto Remani
Franz Gribitz
Christl Mardayn
Olivia
Known for
The Story of Vickie
Karl Weber
Inge List
Annette
Also in
13 Chairs
Millionenerbschaft
Peter Kreuder
Will Dohm
Alexander Pilat Ravestyn
Also in
The Bath in the Barn
Opera Ball
Emil Poledník
Max Gülstorff
Hotelarzt
Known for
The Punch Bowl
Theo Lingen Director · Franz Gribitz Screenplay Peter Kreuder Composer
First release October 20, 1944 · Produced in Germany · Original title Es fing so harmlos an
Production
Bavaria-Filmkunst Verleih
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Es fing so harmlos an
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 20, 1944
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
January 5, 1945 · Theatrical
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