Two in a Big City
1942 · 80 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Romance
A German soldier on leave in Berlin goes looking for his pen pal who he has never met called Gisela. He meets instead a woman with the same name and falls in love with her.
Directed by Volker von Collande · Written by Volker von Collande
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Claude Farell Gisela Meinhold -
Karl John Bernd Birckhoff -
Marianne Simson Inge Torff -
Hansi Wendler Giesela Brückner -
Volker von Collande Dr. Eberhard Berg - H Hannes Keppler Peter Pelle
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Käthe Haack Oberhelferin - P Paul Henckels Bumke
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Margarete Kupfer Frau Böhme -
Hubert von Meyerinck Spießer Karl Eberhard Knopp - W Wolf Trutz Mann vor dem Zooeingang
- G Georg Haentzschel Band Leader
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