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The Divorce
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Wikipedia article
'The Divorce' is a 1953 German musical film directed by George Jacoby and starring Marika Rkk, Johannes Heesters and Hans Nielsen.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207004936/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/218432 BFI.org] It was based on the operetta 'Die geschiedene Frau' by Leo Fall and Victor Lon.
The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.
Plot
Lukas van Deesteldonck is not only president of the Dutch sleeping car company, but also extremely pedantic and sometimes choleric. His wife Gonda, a well-known revue star, has a completely different temperament. That is why there is always a crisis in the marriage.
On a train journey from Paris to Amsterdam, Gonda is offered a sleeper coupe by her stage partner Karel van Lyssewege after she couldn't get one herself. When Karel has said goodbye to his partner, the door of the compartment suddenly no longer opens due to a construction error, so that the two have to spend the night in the same room. Only when you arrive in Amsterdam can a locksmith fix the problem. Word of what happened spreads quickly and turns into a scandal. Lukas van Deesteldonck believes his wife cheated on him. There is a divorce.
One day Gonda receives a visit from her father, who works as a missionary in Borneo. He couldn't get over it when he found out his daughter was divorced. So she gets Karel to play the role of the husband. The two get closer. Out of nowhere Gonda's ex also appears, who wants to win her back because he has since convinced himself that he has wronged her. But it doesn't take long before he realizes that his ex-wife is lost to him forever.
When the pastor says goodbye to his daughter and her husband the next day to return to Borneo, he is very happy that the two young people are a happy married couple.
Main cast
* Marika Rkk as Gonda van der Loo
* Johannes Heesters as Karel
* Hans Nielsen as Lucas
* Hans Leibelt as Pastor
* Friedrich Domin as Gerichtsvorsitzender
* Trude Hesterberg as Schauspielerin
* Gusti Wolf as Adeline
* Peter W. Staub as Scrop
* Erich Fiedler as von der Rosen
* Anni Korin as Dinnie
* Ulrich Bettac as Theaterdirektor
References
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