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and starring Liane Haid, Willi Forst and Paul Kemp. The film is based on the play ''My Sister and I'' by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. Location shooting took place around

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and Lindau in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the

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Werner Schlichting. It premiered in Hamburg and first appeared in Berlin at the city's Gloria-Palast.https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/ihre-durchlaucht-die-verkauferin_ea43d4a77c6e5006e03053d50b37753d A separate French-language version ''

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'' was also produced.

Synopsis

The temperamental Princess Irene falls in love with the

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André, but he dislikes her behaviour. Shen then pursues him pretending to be Irene's poor younger sister, who is struggling to make a living as a

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in a

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Cast

* Liane Haid as Irene, Gräfin von Wittenbrugg * Willi Forst as Dr. André Lenz * Paul Kemp as Peter Knoll *

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as Paul * Gerhard Bienert as Der Kontrolleur * Max Gülstorff as Der Notar *

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as Henriette * Theo Lingen as Felix * Walter Steinbeck as Der Kapitän * Jakob Tiedtke as Ein Kunde *

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as Otto

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Karl Hartl UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Cine-Allianz films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films shot in Bavaria German films based on plays Films scored by Ralph Benatzky Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner Films based on works by Louis Verneuil {{1930s-Germany-film-stub