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What a pity! Caterina Valente is surely one of the most talented female entertainers of the last five decades, being pretty and gifted with an impressive singing voice, artistic dancing and a faible for comedy. Nevertheless, this movie seems to be made in "different parts" and "different countries". The single scenes and musical numbers do not fit together and are disharmonic. The story is awful, but that is not really a matter of interest in musicals. Gilbert Bécaud is famous for his singing, but it is hard to believe that Valente falls in love with him, leaving Vittoria de Sica, who - sophisticated as ever - seems to be several numbers "too big" for this movie. All in all, the film looks "undecided": sometimes a stage musical, sometimes with "integrated numbers", some scenes typically German, others obviously shot in a French, Italian or even American style. In Germany you say: "Not fish, not meat".

this movie was shot in a wide screen process called ,"Cinepanorama," but for what ever reason ,Time Warner in Europe, did not transfer the film for hi definition TV nor did it give it a full scope letter boxing only half way so you miss some few inches of the scenes. I had to zoom it in the get the whole scope on my TV.Contrary to IMDb ,this film was not shot in Technicolor but in AGFA color.Inpite of this its a good french German musical. It is a Catrina Valenti Vehichle. My guess Germany was attempting to look for a new Marika Rokk and at the time they had found her for the moment. Good singer and actress she could speak several languages.Everybody voice is dubbed except Valenti and Grethi Weiser and Rudolph Vogel and the rest of the German cast. In one scene you hear the actor ,who plays Alexander Gordy playwright characters Secratery,Gilbert Becaud actually hearing his french voice when he sings with no German subtitles for the German audience at that time to under stand. It could of been shot dubbed for German audiences but that version was lost may be.Victorio De Sica plays a play right who want Catherine Miller, what an Ameracanized name, who works as a singer and dancer at the Casin DE Paris, to be in his dramatic play, He talks it over with her at dinner. She agrees to it. He invites her to his place to work on the play immediately. not being to sure of his intentions she takes her family with her to his place . The father played by Rudolph Vogel's and her mom played by Grethie Weiser and her two brothers who love to play American Indians.She having difficulty in the transition to being a dramatic actress and the part. Alexander goes through the rehearsal with her on her door entry with poor results.The secretary helps her too but realizes that shes more good at singing and dancing than drama. He wants to get in show business too and kidnaps the director of the casino DE Paris to a ship with the aid of her father who realizes shes better off as a singer and dancer and comedienne,to convince the director of a new show with him in it too.Jaucques and Catharine eventually fall in love. Inspite of technical faults it still good just zoom out the picture in you hi definition set. you can still stretch it but images would be odd