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Damals

1943-03-03 · 94 min · ★ 7.0

Drama · Crime · Romance · Music

Vera Meiners' life was sweet but unfortunately for her, it was not to last. Her husband, Jan, left her after she met a former lover in a harmless friendly meeting. Forced to resume her disrupted medical career, she worked in a Swiss clinic but, without the knowledge of the chief surgeon, Vera ordered a risky operation to be performed and was thereafter fired. Penniless, she then works in Spanish nightclubs in order to provide for herself and her child. After many years, she runs into her friend Frank again in one of these nightclubs...

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Directors
Rolf Hansen
Production companies
UFA
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Zarah LeanderZarah LeanderVera Meiners aka Gloria O'Connor
Hans StüweHans StüweJan Meiners, Rechtsanwalt
Rossano BrazziRossano BrazziPablo, Radrennfahrer und Clown
Hilde KörberHilde KörberFrau Gaspard, Mutter des operierten Kindes
Hans BrausewetterHans BrausewetterCorbeau, Friseur
Herbert HübnerHerbert HübnerProfessor Rigaud, Klinikleiter
Agnes WindeckAgnes WindeckGast beim Abendempfang
Walter GrossWalter GrossKellner in der Hotelbar
Karl MartellKarl MartellFrank Douglas, Versicherungsagent
Jutta von AlpenBrigitte Meiners (as Jutta v. Alpen)
Elisabeth MarkusElisabeth MarkusDr. Gloria O'Connor
Hermann BräuerBatejo, Manager
Otto GrafDr. Lugeon, Chirurg
Karl HaubenreißerMendoza
Emil HeßAlvarez, Veras Verteidiger
Victor JansonVictor JansonKabarettdirektor
Giacomo MoschiniGiacomo MoschiniFernandez, Marktbudenbesitzer
Alfred SchieskeBassist
Erich ZiegelSanitätsrat Petersen
Curt AckermannEtagenkellner im Hotel (uncredited)

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