''Here's Berlin'' or ''Hello Berlin, Paris Calling'' (, ) is a 1932 French-German

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by

Julien Duvivier Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...

and starring

Josette Day Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory (31 July 1914 – 27 June 1978), better known as Josette Day, was a French film actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1919 at the age of five. When she was 18, Day was the mistress of Paul Mora ...

, Germaine Aussey and Wolfgang Klein.Nornes p. 132 It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Erich Czerwonski.

Synopsis

Lily in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and Erich in Berlin are

switchboard operator In the early days of telephony, companies used manual telephone switchboards, and switchboard operators connected calls by inserting a pair of phone plugs into the appropriate jacks. They were gradually phased out and replaced by automated syste ...

s who bond when handling international phone calls. One day Erich decides to visit Paris to finally meet Lily. He is delayed for the rendezvous and complications ensue involving her friend and colleague Annette.

Cast

as Lily * Germaine Aussey as Annette * Wolfgang Klein as Erich *

Karel Štěpánek Karel Štěpánek (29 October 189925 December 1980) was a Czech actor who spent many years in Austria and generally played German roles onscreen. In 1940 he moved to the UK and spent much of the rest of his career acting there. Partial filmogra ...

as Max * Charles Redgie as Jacques Dumont * Hans Henninger as Karl *

Georges Boulanger Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (29 April 1837 – 30 September 1891), nicknamed Général Revanche ("General Revenge"), was a French general and politician. An enormously popular public figure during the second decade of the Third Repub ...

as Le président de la république transocéanienne * Albert Broquin as Le guide * Heinrich Lisson as Minor Role *

Marthe Mussine Marthe may refer to: * Marthe (given name) a feminine given name * ''Marthe'' (novel), an 1876 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans *''Marthe'', an 1877 play by Georges Ohnet * ''Marthe'' (film), a 1997 film by Gérard Jugnot People with the surname * W ...

Pierre Piérade Pierre Piérade (born Pierre Émile Gaston Adelgeist; 14 November 1884 – 1 August 1937) was a French comedian, music hall performer, and stage and film actor.Hardt p.242 Selected filmography * '' Little Lise'' (1930) * ''American Love'' (1931) ...

Ellen Plessow Ellen Plessow (born as Helene Wiemuth Penning on 12 January 1891, in Oldenburg – 2 September 1967, in West Berlin) was a German actress. Plessow attended the conservatory in Hanover and played in Berlin theatres. Starting in the 1920s she playe ...

Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character actor, character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appe ...

as Le musicien arabe * Émile Saint-Ober

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* 1932 films Films of the Weimar Republic French romantic comedy films German romantic comedy films 1932 romantic comedy films 1930s French-language films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Julien Duvivier German black-and-white films French black-and-white films 1932 multilingual films French multilingual films German multilingual films 1930s French films 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios Films scored by Karol Rathaus {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub