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Plot

The story opens as Hans (Gustav Froelich), a Berlin subway guard, saves department-store mannequin Gerda (Heli Finkenzeller) from committing suicide. Taking pity on Gerda, who had elected to end it all because her brother was in jail, Hans offers to marry her, which proposal earns him a sock on the jaw from his class-conscious father (Otto Wernicke). Feeling that she's responsible for the rift between father and son (which, frankly, she is), Gerda tries to patch things up between the two stubborn men. Her good intentions are nearly dashed when her no-good brother (Paul Hoffmann) shows up with blackmail on his mind. One thing leads to another, and by film's end Hans is obliged to rescue Gerda from self-destruction again.
MPAA Rating:
Run Time:
78min.
Distributor(s):
Deutsche Universum Film AG
Director(s):
Robert Adolf Stemmle
Starring:
Gustav Fröhlich , Heli Finkenzeller , Paul Hoffman , Otto Wernicke
Keywords:
blackmail,guard,imprisonment,mannequin,marriage,rescue,suicide,suicide-attempt
Language:
German