SPOILERS: The two unemployed actors Paul (Willi Forst) and Max earn their living with a book cart and spend their days from morning to night in a café. Just like the recently unemployed office worker Mr. Körner, who hasn't yet had the heart to describe his new living situation to his wife and pretends to be in the office from the café.
In the hope of getting a theater engagement, Paul visits a placement agency every day. One day he manages to convince the theater director Schrader and get an engagement for the operetta Nights in Andalusia. What he doesn't know is that the director is relying on the financial support of the shoe manufacturer's son Hahnen Jr. Is required in order to be able to carry out the performance. Schrader orders Paul to the Hotel Astoria that evening, where the factory owner's son is staying and the business deal is to be completed.
The actress Lisa Brandes is also unemployed and supports herself as a peddler by selling Jo- Jos over water. This is how she comes across Mrs. Körner, who, out of pity, hires her as a maid, without knowing that her husband has lost his job in the meantime. However, this soon comes to light through a bet between Max and Mr. Körner, so that Ms. Körner has to fire Lisa again and at the same time laments the fact that she can no longer maintain her 8-room apartment and therefore has to give it up. At this moment, fate comes to the rescue, because due to a misunderstanding, two boarders ask at the door for free rooms. Lisa understands the new situation and allows the guests to enter without further ado. The idea of running a guesthouse is born, and Lisa decides to go to the Hotel Astoria in the evening to woo guests in the hotel lobby.
It succeeds. But not only the male hotel guests become aware of Lisa, but also Paul, who comes to the appointment with Director Schrader and Hahnen Jr. In the company of Max. Appeared in the hotel lobby. Because he doesn't dare to speak to Lisa directly, he plans a production to get Lisa's attention again. He announces that he will slap the next man who enters the hall under the pretext that he has insulted Lisa. It is Hahnen Jr. Who receives the slap in the face. A scandal that is immediately picked up by the press, but Hahnen's secretary Ewald manages to turn the incident around so that Hahnen Jr. Appears in the newspaper. I defended a lady and slapped a man.
Mr. Körner also reads this and sees a financial opportunity. He asks Lisa to contact the factory owner's son, but Lisa refuses. At that moment Paul rings the doorbell to collect Max's winnings. Lisa opens the door and recognizes him as the gentleman from the hotel lobby, who, based on the newspaper report, she now assumes is Hahnen Jr., the son of shoe manufacturers. A comedy of confusion ensues in which not only Paul pretends to be rich Hahnen Jr. To be, but also Lisa pretends to be a wealthy boarder.
After a night of drinking, however, everything unravels and there is a happy ending. Lisa, who through another misunderstanding managed to get the leather manufacturer Bornemann to sign a business deal with Hahnen Sr. Can use the commission earned to ensure the performance of the operetta Nights in Andalusia , in which Paul and she ultimately play the main roles and also a private couple will be. Recommended!
In the hope of getting a theater engagement, Paul visits a placement agency every day. One day he manages to convince the theater director Schrader and get an engagement for the operetta Nights in Andalusia. What he doesn't know is that the director is relying on the financial support of the shoe manufacturer's son Hahnen Jr. Is required in order to be able to carry out the performance. Schrader orders Paul to the Hotel Astoria that evening, where the factory owner's son is staying and the business deal is to be completed.
The actress Lisa Brandes is also unemployed and supports herself as a peddler by selling Jo- Jos over water. This is how she comes across Mrs. Körner, who, out of pity, hires her as a maid, without knowing that her husband has lost his job in the meantime. However, this soon comes to light through a bet between Max and Mr. Körner, so that Ms. Körner has to fire Lisa again and at the same time laments the fact that she can no longer maintain her 8-room apartment and therefore has to give it up. At this moment, fate comes to the rescue, because due to a misunderstanding, two boarders ask at the door for free rooms. Lisa understands the new situation and allows the guests to enter without further ado. The idea of running a guesthouse is born, and Lisa decides to go to the Hotel Astoria in the evening to woo guests in the hotel lobby.
It succeeds. But not only the male hotel guests become aware of Lisa, but also Paul, who comes to the appointment with Director Schrader and Hahnen Jr. In the company of Max. Appeared in the hotel lobby. Because he doesn't dare to speak to Lisa directly, he plans a production to get Lisa's attention again. He announces that he will slap the next man who enters the hall under the pretext that he has insulted Lisa. It is Hahnen Jr. Who receives the slap in the face. A scandal that is immediately picked up by the press, but Hahnen's secretary Ewald manages to turn the incident around so that Hahnen Jr. Appears in the newspaper. I defended a lady and slapped a man.
Mr. Körner also reads this and sees a financial opportunity. He asks Lisa to contact the factory owner's son, but Lisa refuses. At that moment Paul rings the doorbell to collect Max's winnings. Lisa opens the door and recognizes him as the gentleman from the hotel lobby, who, based on the newspaper report, she now assumes is Hahnen Jr., the son of shoe manufacturers. A comedy of confusion ensues in which not only Paul pretends to be rich Hahnen Jr. To be, but also Lisa pretends to be a wealthy boarder.
After a night of drinking, however, everything unravels and there is a happy ending. Lisa, who through another misunderstanding managed to get the leather manufacturer Bornemann to sign a business deal with Hahnen Sr. Can use the commission earned to ensure the performance of the operetta Nights in Andalusia , in which Paul and she ultimately play the main roles and also a private couple will be. Recommended!
