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A Woman Like You (1939)

A Woman Like You (1939), directed by Viktor Tourjansky, starring Brigitte Horney and Joachim Gottschalk.

10/18/1939 BR Drama 1h 33m

Synopsis

Maria Pretorius is the leader of a counseling office in a large factory. She is completely engrossed by her career and so gives the cold shoulder to her colleague Wallrodt, who wants to marry her. Only the young Manfred Thiele is successful in winning her sympathy through his perseverence. That, however, pisses off Lyda Lehmann, who has long had the hots for him.

  • Viktor TourjanskyDirector
  • Emil BurriWriter
  • Peter FranckeWriter

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A Woman Like You (German: Eine Frau wie Du) is a 1939 German romance film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Brausewetter.

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A Woman Like You (German: Eine Frau wie Du) is a 1939 German romance film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Brausewetter.

Synopsis

A young woman lives an unfulfilled life until she falls in love during a holiday abroad.

Cast

Brigitte Horney as Dr. Maria Pretorius

Joachim Gottschalk as Dr. Manfred Thiele

Hans Brausewetter as Dr. Paul Hellmer

Charlotte Susa as Lyda Lehmann

Volker von Collande as Ingenieur Wallrodt

Kurt Meisel as Felix Petersen

Charlotte Schultz as Fräulein Radtke

Albert Florath as Fabrikarzt

Hans Leibelt as Wachtmeister

Hubert von Meyerinck as Verkäufer im Sportgeschäft

Renée Stobrawa as Frau Haucke

Eduard Wenck as Herr Haucke

Vera Hartegg as Hilde Keller

Eric Helgar as Klavierspieler

Rudi Schuricke as Klavierspieler

Marian Lex as Frau Bahlke

Heinrich Kalnberg as Max Hähnchen

Hanna Lussnigg as Kitty

Leonie Duval as Verkäuferin im Delikatessengeschäft

Otto Sauter-Sarto as Waldhüter

Margarete Kupfer as Blumenfrau

Hanns Waschatko as Krankenhausarzt

Fritz Eckert as Assistenzarzt

Maria Seidler as Oberschwester

Ernst Rotmund as Hotelportier in Venedig

Else Reval as Blumenfrau in der Bar

Erich Haußmann as Gondoliere

Walter Schenk as Oberkellner

References

Bibliography

Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

A Woman Like You at IMDb

Text from A Woman Like You (1939 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Woman_Like_You_(1939_film)

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What is A Woman Like You about?

A Woman Like You: Maria Pretorius is the leader of a counseling office in a large factory. She is completely engrossed by her career and so gives the cold shoulder to her colleague Wallrodt, who wants to marry her. Only the young Manfred Thiele is successful in winning her sympathy through his perseverence. That, however, pisses off…

Who directed A Woman Like You?

A Woman Like You was directed by Viktor Tourjansky in 1939.

Who stars in A Woman Like You?

The cast of A Woman Like You includes Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk, Hans Brausewetter, Charlotte Susa and Volker von Collande.

How long is A Woman Like You?

A Woman Like You runs for 93 minutes, or 1h33.

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