The unemployed secretary Käte applies a job by mistake in the piano factory of the entrepreneur Helmut Hofert. He does not really have any need for an additional secretary at the moment, but Käte is very attractive.
Should you watch it? If you have a soft spot for 1930s German light comedies, you’ll probably find something to smile at here. If you need a movie that moves fast or has a plot that actually goes somewhere urgent, you’re going to be checking your watch every ten minutes. It’s thin. It’s light. It’s basically cinematic ...
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"Should you watch it? If you have a soft spot for 1930s German light comedies, you’ll probably find something to smile at here. If you need a movie that moves fast or has a plot that actually goes somewhere urgent, you’re going to be checking your watch every ten minutes. It’s thin. It’s light. It’s basically cinematic cotton candy. The premise is one of those classic mistaken identity tropes that don't really hold up to any actual logic. Käte shows up at a piano factory by mistake. She stays be..."
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