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DAS LIED EINER NACHT (1932)

Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider and Fritz Schulz, Anatole Litvak
$9.99


Der Startenor Ferraro gibt unter strenger Aufsicht seiner Managerin ein Konzert nach dem anderen, will jedoch am liebsten Urlaub machen und dabei möglichst unbelästigt bleiben. Er schafft es, sich in den Süden abzusetzen, und begegnet unterwegs dem halbseidenen Heiratsschwindler Koretzky, der ihm stark ähnlich sieht. Koretzky tritt als sein Doppelgänger auf, um ihm Luft zu verschaffen, Ferraro leiht ihm dafür bei einem Ständchen für die schöne Mathilde seine Stimme. Mathilde durchschaut den Schwindel, noch dazu wird Ferraro irrtümlich für Koretzkys Vergehen verhaftet; nun offenbart er jedoch per Gesang seine wahre Identität. Der echte Koretzky wandert ins Gefängnis, während Mathilde sich in den echten Ferraro verliebt.

The operatic tenor star Enrico Ferraro has discovered that being a super hit doesn't necessarily mean he'll have a super life.  His manager is constantly riding him and out of sheer desperation and exhaustion, he secretly takes a trip south for a break.  While traveling, he runs into Koretzky, who looks exactly like him and could be his twin.  Ferraro sees a way to use Koretzky as a means to escape the hustle and bustle of the entertainment world for a while; and Koretzky is as equally thrilled to change places, because -- unbeknownst to Ferraro -- he is a career gigolo, who marries for money and then runs and is convinced Ferraro can be a big help in landing his next victim.

 
DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES.  APPROX. 67 MINS.  VERY GOOD QUALITY WITH SOME VHS-LIKE SOFTNESS AND GRAININESS
 
The original print was 85 minutes long, but whatever was removed from this print does not seem to harm the continuity of the film's plot at all.  It would be nice, however, if the lead actor could mouth the words to the songs a little better.
 
 

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