Two in a Big City

Jan 23, 1942

1h 20m

★ 5.8

Overview

A German soldier on leave in Berlin goes looking for his pen pal who he has never met called Gisela. He meets instead a woman with the same name and falls in love with her.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Tobis Filmkunst

Two in a Big City Trailers

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Cast

Gisela Meinhold

Claude Farell

Bernd Birckhoff

Karl John

Inge Torff

Marianne Simson

Giesela Brückner

Hansi Wendler

Dr. Eberhard Berg

Volker von Collande

Peter Pelle

Hannes Keppler

Oberhelferin

Käthe Haack

Bumke

Paul Henckels

Frau Böhme

Margarete Kupfer

Spießer Karl Eberhard Knopp

Hubert von Meyerinck

Mann vor dem Zooeingang

Wolf Trutz

Band Leader

Georg Haentzschel

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