Ich Glaub Mie Mehr an Eine Frau was the original German title for this primitive musical drama. The enormously popular operatic tenor Richard Tauber is billed first, but most of the story is carried by a secondary character, a young sailor who returns home after a long absence. The young tar quickly falls in love with the village prostitute, never realizing that she's his own sister. Feeling doubly betrayed, he returns to the sea, leaving sis to bemoan her fate. Tauber plays a sort of village troubadour, who is inspired to lift his voice in song whenever he sees someone or something that tickles his fancy. It was reported that Tauber was paid 600 dollars per diem during shooting whether he performed or not -- quite a substantial sum back in 1929.
by Hal Erickson
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