
Two in a Big City
1942-01-23 · 80 min · ★ 6.3
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.
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- Directors
- Volker von Collande
- Production companies
- Tobis Filmkunst
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Claude FarellGisela Meinhold
Karl JohnBernd Birckhoff
Marianne SimsonInge Torff
Hansi WendlerGiesela Brückner
Volker von CollandeDr. Eberhard Berg
Käthe HaackOberhelferin
Margarete KupferFrau Böhme
Hubert von MeyerinckSpießer Karl Eberhard Knopp
Alice TreffIngeborg, die Braut von Landser Waldemar
Gerhard DammannSpeiseeisverkäufer am Wannsee
Eduard WenckDer Hamsterer mit dem "Eierkoffer" am Dampfer
Erna SellmerDer Hamsterer mit dem "Eierkoffer" am Dampfer
Josef DahmenGitarrenspielender Landser auf dem DampferTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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