Capricious Lady Virginia has an unexpected double in a girl who works at a fair and wishes for a beauty salon. When the first one's eccentricities lead to her arrest, the second is paid for going to prison.
Is it worth your time? If you like old-fashioned mistaken identity tropes and have a soft spot for 1930s German cinema, sure. It’s light, breezy, and completely ridiculous. If you need your movies to make logical sense or follow a tight script, you’re probably going to hate it. It moves at the speed of a runaway carous...
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-fashioned mistaken identity tropes and have a soft spot for 1930s German cinema, sure. It’s light, breezy, and completely ridiculous. If you need your movies to make logical sense or follow a tight script, you’re probably going to hate it. It moves at the speed of a runaway carousel. Let’s be honest: Anny Ondra is doing all the heavy lifting here. She plays both the snooty Lady Virginia and the fairground girl, and honestly, she makes it look easy. It’s th..."
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