I was surprise to see German pop singer of the past Bully Buhlan in an acting role ,since he was mainly noted for his singing ,in the 40's and the fifties,in Austria and Germany,playing Count Gorzen,who is with his fellow upper class rank military friends at the swanky hotel at Bad Ischi,bored to death with his friends and flirting with the women at the hotel.What Coincidence that Sonja is playing an Eliza Doolittle type role,eventually being in the Austrian stage version of My Fair Lady in the 70's.As a seamstress,working in a fashion store owned by owned by Jean Muller ,played by Rolph Olsen,she dreams of going to the Kaiser ball.What happens is that Jane Tilden is going to drive in her car up their and wants one of the girls to go up their to have the dress ready,at the hotel.Princess Christine,played by Hannelore Bollman,wants too see what her finance she engaged too looks like ,Reichs Graf Von Hohenegg.With the aid of her mother ,played by Maria Andergast.Hanna disguises herself as an important figure and her mother her maid.But Rudy is in incognito and not being himself neither with his friend and commander Archduke Benedikt as they go to the hotel for the ball,the Arch duke inaugurates,But he too is bored of the whole thing.Soon after Zieman shows up and ask Hans Moser if Jane has showed up ,it turns out due to Jane's car breaking down constantly ,she's late.Bully starts to show interest in Sonjia ,she ends up making up a story that she's royalty and is engaged to Prack,Bully's best friend,to rescue herself form Bully's passes.She convinced Prack that she's royalty.Bully meets the Princess,played by Hannolore,incognito, they both star falling love.Sonja ends up wearing the dress for the ball ,as Jane show sup late and ask for the dress.Moser doe snot know this.When Hans sees Maria going into the room of the archduke,he thinks it's hot sheet action.He calls the police.The owner of the dress shop ,Rolf Olsen,shows up.He meets his client ,Jane ,worrying about the dress .The police come and has the whole cast arrested until everything is straighten out.Prack discovers that Sonja is a seamstress .Bully discovers Hanolore is a Princess.Sonja and Prack break up at the moment.But things straightened out before the wedding of Bollman and Prack,Bully goes to the dress shop and grabs Zieman to give her back to Prack While he take his Princess.You can't say that this was a Heimat film.But this was sure good. )5/21/13
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