Ball at the Savoy

Ball at the Savoy

1935 · 82 min · ★ 8.5 · Music, Comedy, Romance

Operetta star Gitta Alpar plays a singer engaged for a performance at the Savoy Hotel, where she mistakes Baron von Wollheim for a waiter. But the baron is content to play the game for a while and changes his role with the real waiter. Of course the singer is quite happy when she discovers the real identity of the baron, but now she mistakes him for a thief, as her necklet has gone missing. Further complications arise when the baron's cousin Mary, a composer, arrives at the hotel and wants a music publisher to listen to her songs.

Directed by Steve Sekely · Written by Henry Koster

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Gitta Alpár Anita Henning, Sängerin
Hans Járay Baron André von Wollheim
Rosy Barsony Mary von Wollheim, seine Cousine, Komponistin
Willy Stettner Jean, Etagenkellner
Felix Bressart Birowitsch
Otto Wallburg Verleger Haller
Hermann Blaß Direktor des Grand-Hotel
Emmi Buttykay Szobalány
Harry Csáktornyai Táncoló statiszta
Oszkár Dénes Sänger
László Keleti
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