Dancing Stars (film)
1952 West German film by Géza von Cziffra
Dancing Stars (German: Tanzende Sterne) is a 1952 West German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Germaine Damar, Georg Thomalla and Fita Benkhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios of Real Film in Hamburg and on location at Travemünde. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff.
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Nicolle Ferrar owns a nightclub in Hamburg, but due to her reckless behaviour she loses control of it and has to escape her creditors by fleeing to the Italian Riviera. There she meets the wealthy English racehorse owner Sir Thomas Gregorian. She falsely claims that the two are engaged, but his family are suspicious of this fortune hunter.
Bob, the son of Sir Thomas, is sent to investigate nightclub to demonstrate Nicolle's shady background. There he encounters her daughter, with the exact same name as her mother who is trying to relaunch the nightspot. To the irritation of his fiancée Daisy, Bob begins to fall for Nicolle. As he still wrongly believes she is the same woman involved with his father, a series of further misunderstandings occur.
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