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DISKRETION - EHRENSACHE (1938)

Heli Finkenzeller, Hans Holt and Ida Wüst, Johannes Meyer
$9.99

Um der Eheschließung mit dem verkalkten Lord Benton zu entkommen, bleibt Mary nur ein Ausweg: Sie trifft sich mit einem Unbekannten und tut alles, um für Benton nicht mehr standesgemäß zu sein. 

The zany German "chase" comedy Diskretion-Ehrensache (Discretion-Word of Honor) was adapted from a novel by Von Hannes Peter Stolp.  Heli Finkenzeller plays American heiress Mary Hopkins, who at the beginning of the film is forced into an engagement with a titled nobleman. Hoping to extricate herself from this unwanted union, Mary deliberately gets herself mixed up in a romantic scandal, hoping that the shame she brings upon her name will scotch the wedding plans. Swept up in Mary's scheme is eccentric inventor Peter Parker, who agrees to elope with the girl provided that there aren't any strings attached. By the time the film reaches its riotous conclusion, of course, Mary and Peter have fallen genuinely in love.

 

THERE IS A NEWSREEL PREVIEW BEFORE THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel). APPROX. 116 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL. VERY GOOD FILM QUALITY OVERALL.

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