Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will

A beautiful modern operetta. Oscar Straus wrote "A Woman Who Knows What She Wants" in 1932, based on the 1920 novel "Mademoiselle ma mère" by Louise Verneuil. Today, this film helps us follow the development of operetta in the 1930s in unsuspected detail. The wonderful subject follows the classic problem of the modern woman - the family or career? This operetta has a very clear answer. The gorgeous Lil Dagover reigns supreme once again in the lead role, as she is simply amazing. By this time, she had already made her only American film, The Woman from Monte Carlo, as well as Empress Sisi, and had already established her place in European sound film. Of the male actors, Anton Wohlbrück, the future Walbrook, shines above them all in full glory. (2020.03.14)