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Once a Great Lady

1934 · 86 min

A frothy, light-hearted old-fashioned romp of mistaken identity and flirtation that breezes by pleasantly.

Overview
A young woman working as a secretary for a Berlin car business tries to impress a rich Australian visitor by pretending she is a foreign countess.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • deception
  • class
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, mystery
Directed by
Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by
Theo Halton, Josef Pelz von Felinau
Starring
Käthe von Nagy, Wolf Albach-Retty, Gretl Theimer, Werner Fuetterer, Ida Wüst, Gustav Waldau, Carola Höhn, Elfriede Sandner
Runtime
86 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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