Melody of a Great City

Oct 4, 1943

1h 47m

★ 7.8

Overview

A young woman moves to Berlin to work as a press photographer.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Berlin-Film

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Cast

Renate Heiberg

Hilde Krahl

Dr. Rolf Bergmann

Werner Hinz

Dr. Pauske, Berolina-Press

Will Dohm

Buchverlagsdirektor Heinze

Paul Henckels

Kajetan Orff

Peter Mosbacher

Geldbriefträger

Beppo Brem

Berliner an einer Straßenbahnhaltestelle

Walter Gross

Gast

Johannes Heesters

Klaus Nolte

Karl John

Ein Berliner an der Strassenbahnhaltestelle

Kurt Mikulski

Angelo Ferrari

Polizeiwachtmeister

Karl Morvilius

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Cast

Renate Heiberg

Hilde Krahl

Dr. Rolf Bergmann

Werner Hinz

Dr. Pauske, Berolina-Press

Will Dohm

Buchverlagsdirektor Heinze

Paul Henckels

Kajetan Orff

Peter Mosbacher

Geldbriefträger

Beppo Brem

Berliner an einer Straßenbahnhaltestelle

Walter Gross

Gast

Johannes Heesters

Klaus Nolte

Karl John

Ein Berliner an der Strassenbahnhaltestelle

Kurt Mikulski

Angelo Ferrari

Polizeiwachtmeister

Melody of a Great City

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Melody of a Great City Trailers

Cast

Hilde Krahl

Werner Hinz

Will Dohm

Paul Henckels

Peter Mosbacher

Beppo Brem

Walter Gross

Johannes Heesters

Karl John

Kurt Mikulski

Angelo Ferrari

Karl Morvilius

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Cast

Hilde Krahl

Werner Hinz

Will Dohm

Paul Henckels

Peter Mosbacher

Beppo Brem

Walter Gross

Johannes Heesters

Karl John

Kurt Mikulski

Angelo Ferrari

Karl Morvilius

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The Harmonists

Christiane F.

Where the Truth Lies

Dersu Uzala

Einstein - Das Leben des genialen Vaters

Beyond Silence

Summer in Berlin

About the Looking for and the Finding of Love

Capote

Undine