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You Have to be Beautiful (1951)

You Have to be Beautiful poster
Original title
Schön muß man sein
Directed by
Ákos Ráthonyi
Genre
musical film
Country
Germany
Rated
12
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a German musical comedy from 1951 about people in show business. A woman tries to make it as a performer and navigates relationships along the way.

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What happens

You Have to Be Beautiful (German: Schön muß man sein) is a 1951 German musical comedy film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi and starring Sonja Ziemann, Willy Fritsch and Anny Ondra. The film's sets were designed by art director Mathias Matthies. It was Ondra's final film apart from a brief cameo role in The Affairs of Julie. It was made at the Wandsbek Studios of the Hamburg-based Real Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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