Miss Inge Becker is a telephone operator. She makes an appointment with her unknown opera singer West. Simultaneously, Rainer, the young director of the telephone distribution, makes an appointment with him unknown Miss Lotte Schröder. The location of the meeting and sign of recognition of the two pairs are the same. An exchange with consequences cannot be avoided, as the next day the director wants to speak with Inge, because she neglects her service.
Production
Glorious Art Deco telephone exchange sets, a monument to industrial modernity.
Acting
Magda Schneider's rapid-fire operator patter is musical comedy gold.
Director
E.W. Emo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures Weimar Germany's obsession with modern technology and female workforce participation, right before it all collapsed.
Magda Schneider became Romy Schneider's mother; the rapid-fire telephone operator lingo was genuine industry slang of the era.
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