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

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Paul Henckels

Kajetan Orff

Peter Mosbacher

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Beppo Brem

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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

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Johannes Heesters

Klaus Nolte

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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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Walter Gross

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Kurt Mikulski

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