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Don't Be Afraid of Love

1933 · 94 min

A light, gentle old-fashioned comedy that ambles along pleasantly, built on charm and mild romantic misunderstandings rather than big laughs.

Overview
The unemployed secretary Käte applies a job by mistake in the piano factory of the entrepreneur Helmut Hofert. He does not really have any need for an additional secretary at the moment, but Käte is very attractive.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • work
    • love
    Places
    • workplace
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Hans Steinhoff
    Written by
    Walter Pieper
    Starring
    Liane Haid, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Jessie Vihrog, Anton Walbrook, Theo Lingen, Hilde Hildebrand, Anna Müller-Lincke, Hans Hermann Schaufuß
    Cinematography
    Hans Schneeberger
    Runtime
    94 min
    Country
    Germany

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