The Great Love (1942)

Drama
Romance

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.

Cast

Hanna Holberg
Kaethe, Hannas Zofe
Mann, der den Staffelhund mitbringt
Fliegeroffizier Hauptmann Becker
Hannas Mutter
Alte Dame im Mietshaus
Luftschutzwartin
Herr Konsul
Löwenbändiger
Mutter im Luftschutzkeller
Kartenabreißerin
Paul Wendlandt
Alfred Vanloos Bruder
Alexander Rudnitzky, Komponist
Oberleutnant von Etzdorf
Artist Alfred Vanloo
Theaterdirektor Mocelli
Herr Westphal
Frau Westphal
Unfreundlicher Oberkellner

Crew

Screenplay
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Production Design
Sound Designer