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1935 · 105 min · ★ 5.5 · Comedy

Vienna, 1922. Due to a sudden financial tragedy, a young woman begins accepting checks from an older, rich gentleman for companionship in order for her to keep attending college. Their relationship is purely platonic, but eventually she begins a romance with the tutor of the older man's sons who has a completely wrong impression as to the nature of her arrangement with his employer.

Directed by Walter Reisch · Written by Walter Reisch

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Paula Wessely Valerie Gärtner
Karl Ludwig Diehl Lehrer Kinz
Otto Treßler Otto Torresani
Erika von Wagner Seine Frau
Georg Tressler Eugen, sein Sohn
Wolf-Dieter Tressler Toni, sein Sohn
Friedl Czepa Mizzi Maranek
Walter Janssen Dr. Steidler - Rechtsanwalt
Rosa Albach-Retty Frau Gärtner, Valeries Mutter
Fritz Imhoff Kinoausrufer
Ernst Arnold Straßensänger
Poldi Dur Dienstmätchen

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