Susie arrives in Vienna from Germany and soon finds work as a secretary. One evening staying late to complete work she meets a man in the office and takes him for a workmate, and he doesn't tell her that he is the manager, actually.
Is this movie worth your time today? Yes, but only if you have a soft spot for the early days of sound when everyone was still figuring out how microphones worked. If you hate movies where people burst into song while doing boring admin work, you will probably want to turn this off after five minutes. It is a movie fo...
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"Is this movie worth your time today? Yes, but only if you have a soft spot for the early days of sound when everyone was still figuring out how microphones worked. If you hate movies where people burst into song while doing boring admin work, you will probably want to turn this off after five minutes. It is a movie for people who like the idea of Vienna in the 30s being a place where everyone is suspiciously happy. I watched this on a rainy afternoon and it actually did the trick. 🎬 The story..."
Angus MacPhail, István Szomaházy, István Békeffy, Noel Wood-Smith, Victor Saville, Franz Schulz, Robert Stevenson
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