The film begins in a Berlin club with Trude Berliner singing as gangsters plan a burglary at a Hamburg hotel. At the hotel, Orbeliani leads the band while his wife Olga sings their son Jascha to sleep. During the heist, Jascha wakes, screams, and is knocked down. The gangsters flee to Berlin with stolen jewels and the unconscious Jascha. Homolka, one of the gangsters, refuses to abandon the boy, nurses him back to health, and pretends to be his uncle, claiming his parents are on an American tour. Homolka develops motherly feelings, facing ridicule from his friends and Trude Berliner.
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Cast
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Vladimir Gajdarov
Mario Orbeliani
Also in
Love One Another
The Burning Soil
Olga Tschechowa
Inka Maria
Known for
The Haunted Castle
Armin Petersen
James Bauer
Frederik Fuglsang
Oskar Homolka
André Carno
Known for
Sabotage
The Seven Year Itch
Käthe Haack
Frau Marquardt
Known for
Münchhausen
Wolfgang Lohmeyer
Jascha, deren Sohn
Trude Berliner
Spielklarissa
Also in
I Marry My Husband
The Tiger Murder Case
Hermann Speelmans
Banjospieler
Also in
Sherlock Holmes: The Grey Lady
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
Julius Falkenstein
Der 'Professor'
Hanna Maron
Christel, ihre Tochter
James Bauer Director · Armin Petersen Writer Frederik Fuglsang Cinematographer
First release January 21, 1932 · Produced in Germany
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 21, 1932
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
April 18, 1932
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