The Only Girl

The Only Girl

1933 · 82 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy, Music

A dashing marquis bends from his horse when he discovers a lost garter in the woods and falls. During his delirium he is serenaded by a little hairdresser. She is the person who lost the garter to begin with and has only come to get it back having borrowed it from her employer--the empress of France. The marquis mistakenly thinks he was nursed by the empress, herself, and decides to woo her.

Directed by Friedrich Hollaender · Written by Robert Liebmann

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Cast

Lilian Harvey Juliette
Mady Christians Kaiserin Eugenie
Conrad Veidt Marquis de Pontignac
Heinz Rühmann Didier
Friedel Schuster Arabella
Hubert von Meyerinck Flügeladjutant
Julius Falkenstein Offenbach
Paul Morgan Erfinder des Fahrrades
Hans Hermann Schaufuß Doktor
Kate Kühl Marianne
Heinrich Gretler Sanitäter
Eugen Rex Etienne, Diener des Marquis

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