Verspieltes Leben
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Germany, 1914: The bourgeois austerity of the small, northern German town in which Ulyssa lives conflicts sharply with her desire to flirt with and be ensnared by charming, young men. That she's married is irrelevant; it's a marriage which exists only on paper. Among all the men Ulyssa flirts with, there is one for which she has genuine affection: Stefen Marbach, an upright and sincere man, far superior to her other men. And, indeed, the two are honest with one another about their feelings, but the outbreak of the First World War separates them. Sometime later, Ulyssa finds out that not only her husband, but Stefan, too, has fallen in battle. The news of this disaster leads her to reconsider and eventually give in to the constant urgings of the Viennese merchant Reindl. Ulyssa joins Reindl in Vienna and lives a life of wealth and comfort, until one day, Stefan shows up.
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Cast
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Brigitte Horney
Ulyssa von Siebenbürgen
Known for
Münchhausen
Axel von Ambesser
Stefan Marbach
Also in
The Adventures of Fridolin
Women Are No Angels
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Kurt Meisel
Karli Reindl
Known for
The Odessa File
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Gerhard Menzel
Also in
Dawn
Mark Lothar
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Elisabeth von Kanzler
Known for
Fear
The Bridge
Adolf Schlyssleder
Kurt Waitzmann
Friedrich von Siebenmühlen
Known for
The Valley of Death
The Mysterious Magician
Erich Ponto
Mathematik-Professor
Known for
The Third Man
The Punch Bowl
Hans Quest
Kadett Kurt von Ellmer
Also in
Die Schlüssel
The Serpent's Egg
Paul Hoffmann
Oberst Peerenbohm
Also in
11 Uhr 20
Der Panamaskandal
Kurt Meisel Director · Gerhard Menzel Writer Axel von Ambesser Writer
First release February 27, 1949 · Produced in Germany · Production Camera-Filmproduktion
Production
Bavaria Film
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Camera-Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · February 27, 1949
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No release date listed for United States.
Austria
November 11, 1949
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