Vera Meiners' life was sweet but unfortunately for her, it was not to last. Her husband, Jan, left her after she met a former lover in a harmless friendly meeting. Forced to resume her disrupted medical career, she worked in a Swiss clinic but, without the knowledge of the chief surgeon, Vera ordered a risky operation to be performed and was thereafter fired. Penniless, she then works in Spanish nightclubs in order to provide for herself and her child. After many years, she runs into her friend Frank again in one of these nightclubs...
Acting
Leander's smoldering resilience elevates every absurd plot twist.
Costume
Gloria O'Connor's nightclub gowns are pure escapist fantasy.
Score
Leander's torch songs haunt long after the credits.
Director
Rolf Hansen
Zarah Leander
Vera Meiners aka Gloria O'Connor
Hans Stüwe
Jan Meiners, Rechtsanwalt
Rossano Brazzi
Pablo, Radrennfahrer und Clown
Hilde Körber
Frau Gaspard, Mutter des operierten Kindes
Hans Brausewetter
Corbeau, Friseur
Herbert Hübner
Professor Rigaud, Klinikleiter
Agnes Windeck
Gast beim Abendempfang
Walter Gross
Kellner in der Hotelbar
Karl Martell
Frank Douglas, Versicherungsagent
Elisabeth Markus
Dr. Gloria O'Connor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leander was Nazi Germany's highest-paid star, yet her films often smuggled subversive female agency past Joseph Goebbels' censors.
Rossano Brazzi, playing the clown Pablo, later became Hollywood's Italian romantic lead in 'South Pacific'—quite the career pivot from this grim cabaret.
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