Top Cast
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Lil Dagover
Cornelia Contarini
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Paul Hartmann
Albert von Möller - Hauptmann a.D.
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Rolf Moebius
Ulrich von Möller - sein Sohn
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Helga Marold
Monika Schramm
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Walter Werner
Dr. Sitthard, Arzt
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Karl Günther
Henckelberg - Bankier
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Franz Weber
Anton - früherer Bursche von Möllers
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Lilli Schoenborn
Tina Zerbern - Cornelias Haushälterin
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Otto Matthies
Friedrich Wilhelm Meier - Hoflieferant
Overview
A patriotic period melodrama in which a father and son are in love with the same lady.The son does not tell her that his father, an officer, has fought in a duel over her, but lies that he has left her for the army. Melodrama written by Douglas Sirk.
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