Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1938)
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Heinz Rühmann, Karin Hardt, Albert Florath, Claire Reigbert, Sybille Schmitz, Ernst Legal, Paul Westermeier, Leo Peukert
A Baltic seaside waiter takes a winter job in Berlin, hoping to save enough money before marrying the hotel owner's daughter.
The story
Karl Kramer waits tables at a seaside hotel on the Baltic, but has other plans for his future. Before marrying Grete Wernicke, the hotel owner's daughter, he wants enough money of his own. He takes a job for the winter season at a Berlin wine bar, leaving the Baltic coast to pursue that goal.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Karl Kramer is a waiter at a seaside hotel on the Baltic Sea. But he has very different plans for the future. Before marrying Grete Wernicke, the hotel owner’s daughter, he first wants to have enough money of his own. He gets a job for the winter season at Berlin’s finest wine bar and, through his acquaintance with the daughter of a wealthy member of the Reichstag and various fortunate circumstances, gains access to the city’s wealthiest circles, where he plays the part of a man-about-town and conceals his real occupation. Over time, he has almost completely forgotten about his Grete back on the Baltic coast. Only with great difficulty does he find his way back to her.
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