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It Was Always So Nice with You (1954)

It Was Always So Nice with You poster
Original title
Bei Dir war es immer so schön
Directed by
Hans Wolff
Genre
musical film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A maturing film star looks back on her career and performs hit songs from the past. The film is a tribute to a famous composer and features other performers from the 1940s.

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What happens

It Was Always So Nice With You (German: Bei Dir war es immer so schön) is a 1954 West German musical comedy film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Heinz Drache, Georg Thomalla and Ingrid Stenn. The Swedish actress Zarah Leander who had been the leading German film star during the Nazi era, plays a self-referential role as a maturing film star. The film was intended as a tribute to the composer Theo Mackeben with many of his hit songs sung by Leander and Kirsten Heiberg, another star of the 1940s. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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