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Once again a German classic film is in contradictory of the dictatorship , that was going on. You hear the music that outside the film was illegal, but tolerated in records and in big city hotels and nights clubs. That forbidden music of Jazz and swing. With what Goebbels were against, The wild bugle with the cover. The crazy clarinet and the near boogey woogey of the piano,in a scene where the hotel orchestra is having a jam session. The same music that swing kids were arrested for, Then there's the conga and the tango to that goes with it. Even Clara Tobody, as Gitta, dance movements were no different than the dance movements of Josephine Backer. Such movements in the real world of the dictatorship was verboten. Richard Romanowsky,plays her father Professor Sebastian. She is discovered by Composer and theater conductor, George Harding, played by Romy Schneider's popsy Wolf Aulbach Rety, as she is dancing up a storm and tap dancing as the neighbors watch her. Convinces that she has talent to be in the theatrical revue, Maske in Blue, at the U.F.A. Palast. But her father, who makes painting s of cows, objects to this. Then one day she gets a letter allegedly from the Theatrical director Bommurjand, Played by Leo Peukert, for a part in the play. Against her father objections she goes. She end up at the Hotel ,run by Hans Moser. Also Georges friend, who runs the hotel orchestra, Franz played By Ernest Waldow. Well George wines her and dines her only to discovered that her room was his too and he was taking advantage of her . So she starts to leave. Wolf thinking she's in the room admits he was the one that send her the letter only to find out she wasn't in the room. She almost leaves until his Friend Franz and Hans convinces her to stay ,in a different room, promising her that he would talk to the director to give her a tryout. The next day he's at the directors office, Franz. The director of the theater, Bommerjung, has complained to Franz, as he tries to convince bum that Gitta is good for the revue, that Richard has put the foot ,for that girl , to him. Franz tries to convince him and almost does until George show up and messes things up. At this time Gitta shows up and hears what they are talking about , out side the office. So she goes to the theater to audition,herself. Due to mishaps she gets kicked out. She packs up to leave until Hans suggest that she works as a hotel maid so that something can be done to get her in the theater. She's angry at Richard and ignores him. Her father, Sebastian, calls her up at the hotel ,thinking she's successful in shows biz. Hans Moser answer and lies to him that she's in a show with Greta Garbo. Great Garbo? In Nazi control Germany? He believes it so he goes up and sees her. She has to hide from him so he doesn't find out that she hasn't succeeded. The actress , who plays the lead in Maske in blue , shows up, Ilona, played by Roma Bohn. She spots Sebastian, they are an old flame. He tells her that he's seeing his daughter , who a successful actress. So Hans has to help her by borrowing a dress from the motel shop to introduce Gitta to him to give a false notion of success. But the director of the theater is coming to see the show . She has to put on an act to her father at the hotel dance club by pushing the director to believe she's in the show. Then wolf shows up and forces her to do a dance audition with the rest of the dancers . the director like it. Ilona later on meets her personally and she discovers that Gitta is not in the show. She explains that she going to be her mother and talk to the director about it .After a few hurdles she become the star of the show. The print is good , not digital. The same good print as that clip on you tube. Its not a video duplicate neither. available from www.reichskino.com