Why didn't the real Renate Mueller quit her acting career and went with her real lover ,son of a banker George? to Paris.But that's like saying why didn't the majority of Jews fight the Nazis? Well the milk is spilled already.This is a fictional film autobiographic of once German's growing top star of U.F.A studios. The movie is excellent,but,which is typical of the 60's, is not accurate in hair styling and costumes.It suppose to be in the thirties.The only accuracy is the telephones ,the size of the movie screen, the Nazi uniforms and the historical footage and the early techniques ,in the early thirties of making a musical, with an orchestra on the side.Ruth is a good singer.But the modern costumes and hair dress of the time can confuse you .The story was also changed so that her family would not sue the studios. Her lover is not George,son of a banker but a secretary General, D.r. Hans Simon, played by Peter van Eyck,now I remembered him, he played a Nazi in the five graves to Cairo.He's that old.Sybil Schmitz was changed to Ushi Gunzel,as her best friend, played by Hannelore Scroth.Willy Fritsch plays her husband and actor,I think.Harry Meyen plays Volker ,Renates friend.He becomes a Nazi and argues with her about supporting it.It was a rumor that proved false what happen to the real Renate.She got epilepsy and began drinking and drugging.She was at a hospital when she accidentally fell from the balcony cause she was drunk.The idea that the gestapo threw her out or she threw herself out proved to be untrue.In the film version she throws herself out of the window.As I said Ruth was good playing her.She comes close in resembling her ,but, If the costumes and hair dresses were more accurate,she would have looked a little more like her. She does two numbers from Renates movie,in sixties style. The big hit from Die Secratarian,I'm so happy today. Unfortunately I think the German version of this film might be lost.I read that.Only the Brtish remake she did exist.Why did she not stay in England ? Their are English speaking scenes, when Renate visits her lover in England.The one scene when they are at a bar,Pete and Ruth are speaking to each other in German,but the bartender asks if everything is fine in English,no subtitles for the German audience,Peter respond with smooth English and acting. Ruth forgets her acting and starts at the moment to recite her lines cause she struggling to speak the words.This movie is great in spite of some imperfections.You could say that this movie could premier in American broadcast classic or extra pay channels but, your corporate distributors of classic films at the moment are politically correct against the golden age of German film making more to less cause of Hitlers legacy , to save money.What shame the American audience would love this film.03/14/12 Made a mistake .Willy Fritsch plays a film director
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