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7/10
ONE OF WILLI FORST LESSER PICTURES
J. Steed17 February 1999
This picture is not on a par with other Willi Forst pictures of the same period; yet Forst shows his light touch also here. The male lead should have been less dull; weaker moments are compensated by fine comedy. Good music by Mackeben and fine songs sung by Margot Hielscher, who could well have been an angel, add to the enjoyment.

Added attraction for viewers of 1999 is a young Curt Jürgens.
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6/10
Consistently Amusing Romantic Comedy
boblipton9 February 2023
Film director Axel von Ambesser and screen writer Richard Romanowsky board a liner for a one-week cruise, and all the young women on board bribe waiter Alfred Neugebauer to be seated near him so they can promote a film career. The one woman who doesn't seem interested is Marte Harell, whom von Ambesser observes being approached by Curd Jürgens approaches. He's a police officer and accuses her of having killed her husband. She confesses, but asks not to be arrested before the cruise's end; there's no way she can leave the ship. Jürgens agrees. Con Ambesser is enchanted, convinced of her innocence, and tries to get her off.

It's a light, frothy, albeit lesser comedy directed by Willi Forst, with a funny cast, and Margot Hielscher -- who tries to promote her own film career by vamping Romanowsky with a cookbook -- sings the title song a couple of times. The plot zigs three or four times in unexpected ways, and it's consistently amusing, with witty lines, silly situations, and a fast pace, once you get past the fact that it's a romantic comedy set on a seagoing cruise ship in 1943.
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10/10
Fine Willi Forst Comedy with songs and music
cynthiahost26 August 2014
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I have a feeling that this film was made strictly to sell the song,Women are no angels.This film with a fine Austrian cast.This is the second feature ,that I seen ,that stars both Axel Von Ambesser and Marta Harell.It also stars Austrian character actress stalwart Hedwig Bleibetreu as well as Richard Romanowsy.Axel plays a bothered film producer along with his screen play writer.Richard on a cruise for a rest,but, a lot of the female passengers knows he's there and they want to get into picture so badly.Margot Hielscher.who is showing her pop singing talent in this movie,plays a cruise singer who's fed up with this job.She gets chummy with Richard in her attempt tog et him to introduce her to Axel,in her attempt to get into pictures.Its when Axel is out on the deck he see a women in distress with a man threatening her .They both don't notice him.When they're gone he see her purse and open it up and there is a gun.That's when he take it out and puts in in the pocket It's dark and she come back thinking its the same man and he give her back her purse She opens up her purse and the gun is gone ,but, she put on an act.A young Brown hair Kurd Jurgens plays the man ,who threatens her .Obviously Axel wants to know what's going on.Well it turns out that she is a screen play writer who want to get into the movies and she trying to sell her play,with the help of an actor played by Kurd Jurgens and her Aunt,played by Bliebtre.She fall in love with Axel and as he taking her to see his old friend ,played by Beibtrue,she starts to feel guilty.Once he find out when Richard get the script,all hell breaks loose.This film contain two songs by Margot .One of the funny scenes is in which the studio he works for ,Olympic Pictures. is is disguised as a government building to mock a state wedding them the w all the props are immediately eliminated,after tricking Marta .A fun film 08/27/14
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