It Happened Only Once

It Happened Only Once
It Happened Only Once
	Film poster
German	Das gab's nur einmal
Directed by	Géza von Bolváry
Written by	Gustav Kampendonk
Produced by	Kurt Ulrich
Starring	Hans Albers; Helga Martin; Stanislav Ledinek; Emmy Burg;
Cinematography	Bruno Timm
Edited by	Wolfgang Wehrum
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production; company	Kurt Ulrich Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	7 March 1958;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

It Happened Only Once (German: Das gab's nur einmal) is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Hans Albers, Helga Martin, and Stanislav Ledinek.^[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin.

Synopsis

A veteran star recounts the history of the film industry to an aspiring young actress, showing a compilation of clips from a variety of German films, many of them featuring Albers himself.

Cast

Hans Albers as himself, Hans Albers
Helga Martin as Sabine
Stanislav Ledinek as Sabine's father
Emmy Burg as Sabine's mother
Karl Hellmer as Barber
Walter Ambrock as Jürgen
Erich Dunskus as Truck Driver
Georg Gütlich as Production Manager
Waltraut Runze as Secretary
Gerda Mallwitz as Secretary
Wolf Harnisch as Kellner in der Filmkantine
Eve Dietrich as Gerti
Alexa von Porembsky as Mutter Schröder
Antonie Jaeckel as Alte Komparsin

References

^ Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.

External links

It Happened Only Once at IMDb

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[1] Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.

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