Damals

Damals

Drama, Crime | April 23, 1943

The doctor, Vera Meiners, lives with her small daughter, Brigitte. Her former husband, Jan, left her after she met a former lover in a harmless meeting (Frank Douglas). Without the knowledge of the chief surgeon, Vera orders an operation to be performed and is thereafter fired. Penniless, she works in Spanish nightclubs in order to provide for herself and her child. After many years, she runs into her friend Frank again in one of these nightclubs. Frank informs her that he can make it possible for her to emigrate to South America. With the false papers of another doctor, who is a friend of hers and who is dying, she hopes to build a new career. But, instead, she ends up getting arrested. She is suspected of murdering her former friend Frank to keep her secret quiet. But then her former husband hears about the whole thing and soon the real story comes out.

Damals

Drama, Crime | April 23, 1943

Damals
The doctor, Vera Meiners, lives with her small daughter, Brigitte. Her former husband, Jan, left her after she met a former lover in a harmless meeting (Frank Douglas). Without the knowledge of the chief surgeon, Vera orders an operation to be performed and is thereafter fired. Penniless, she works in Spanish nightclubs in order to provide for herself and her child. After many years, she runs into her friend Frank again in one of these nightclubs. Frank informs her that he can make it possible for her to emigrate to South America. With the false papers of another doctor, who is a friend of hers and who is dying, she hopes to build a new career. But, instead, she ends up getting arrested. She is suspected of murdering her former friend Frank to keep her secret quiet. But then her former husband hears about the whole thing and soon the real story comes out.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Damals
Directors Rolf Hansen
Writers Bert Roth, Peter Groll, Rolf Hansen

Cast

Zarah Leander

as Vera Meiners

Hans Stüwe

as Jan Meiners, Rechtsanwalt

Rossano Brazzi

as Pablo, Radrennfahrer und Clown

Hilde Körber

as Frau Gaspard, Mutter des operierten Kindes

Hans Brausewetter

as Corbeau, Friseur

Herbert Hübner

as Professor Rigaud, Klinikleiter

Agnes Windeck

as Gast beim Abendempfang

Walter Gross

as Kellner in der Hotelbar

Karl Martell

as Frank Douglas, Versicherungsagent

Jutta von Alpen

as Brigitte Meiners (as Jutta v. Alpen)

Elisabeth Markus

as Dr. Gloria O'Connor

Hermann Bräuer

as Batejo, Manager

Otto Graf

as Dr. Lugeon, Chirurg

Karl Haubenreißer

as Mendoza

Emil Heß

as Alvarez, Veras Verteidiger

Victor Janson

as Kabarettdirektor

Giacomo Moschini

as Fernandez, Marktbudenbesitzer

Alfred Schieske

as Bassist

Erich Ziegel

as Sanitätsrat Petersen

Curt Ackermann

as Etagenkellner im Hotel (uncredited)

Olaf Bach

as Hoteldiener Pedro Bicerkvez (uncredited)

Hellmuth Bergmann

as Gefängniswärter (uncredited)

Peter Busse

as Polizeikommissar (uncredited)

Vera Complojer

as Frau Januschko (uncredited)

Karl Etlinger

as Journalist am Tatort (uncredited)

Hanne Fey

as Dienstmädchen bei Meiners (uncredited)

Hugo Flink

as Diener bei Professor Rigaud (uncredited)

Lothar Geist

as Zeitungsverkäufer (uncredited)

Fred Goebel

as Journalist (uncredited)

Knut Hartwig

as Herr Januschko (uncredited)

Ernst Karchow

as Vorsitzender der Einwanderungsbehörde (uncredited)

Paul Klinger

as Voice of Pablo (voice) (uncredited)

Karin Luesebrink

as Junge Krankenschwester (uncredited)

Kurt Mikulski

as Journalist (uncredited)

Leo Peukert

as Rasierter Kunde beim Friseur (uncredited)

Hermann Pfeiffer

as Nachtportier im Hotel 'Delfino' (uncredited)

Gustav Püttjer

as Mann auf der Bahnstation nach dem Zugunglück (uncredited)

Erik Radolf

as Staatsanwalt (uncredited)

Ernst Rotmund

as Leiter der Kapelle in der Hotelbar (uncredited)

Just Scheu

as Polizeifotograf Vigo (uncredited)

Lilli Schoenborn

as Emigrantenfrau in der Quarantäne (uncredited)

Hans Joachim Schölermann

as Bahnstationsbeamter nach dem Zugunglück (uncredited)

Margarete Schön

as Gast beim Abendempfang (uncredited)

Walter Steinweg

as Journalist (uncredited)

Theodor Thony

as Protokollführer des Staatsanwalts (uncredited)

Eva Tinschmann

as Arzthelferin Fräulein Gonzales (uncredited)

Margarethe von Ledebur

as Oberschwester (uncredited)