The Great Love

The Great Love (1942)

DramaRomance

The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.

Director: Rolf Hansen
Writer: Peter Groll

Casts

	Zarah Leander as Hanna Holberg
	Grethe Weiser as Kaethe, Hannas Zofe
	Viktor Staal as Paul Wendlandt
	Paul Hörbiger as Alexander Rudnitzky, Komponist
	Wolfgang Preiss as Oberleutnant von Etzdorf
	Hans Schwarz Jr. as Artist Alfred Vanloo
	Victor Janson as Theaterdirektor Mocelli
	Leopold von Ledebur as Herr Westphal
	Julia Serda as Frau Westphal
	Paul Bildt as Unfreundlicher Oberkellner
	Erich Dunskus as Mann, der den Staffelhund mitbringt
	Wilhelm Althaus as Fliegeroffizier Hauptmann Becker
	Agnes Windeck as Hannas Mutter
	Olga Engl as Alte Dame im Mietshaus
	Jakob Tiedtke as Hauswart
	Ilse Fürstenberg as Luftschutzwartin
	Hermann Pfeiffer as Herr Konsul
	Angelo Ferrari as Löwenbändiger
	Grete Reinwald as Mutter im Luftschutzkeller
	Erna Sellmer as Kartenabreißerin
	Just Scheu as Alfred Vanloos Bruder

Crew