Ein Maedel Vom Ballett

• 1936
• 1 hr 23 mins
• NR

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The English-language title of this German musical is A Girl From the Chorus. That girl is Henriette (Anny Ondra), who when first we meet her is a lowly prompter with her uncle's theatrical troupe. Anxious to get a break, Henriette talks her chorus-girlfriend Liesbeth (Ursula Grabney) to let her go on in Liesbeth's place. Instead of becoming an overnight star, our heroine completely messes up the show. But it isn't stage fright that brought about Henriette's fiasco -- it's the fact that she has fallen in love with Liesbeth's beau Hans (Viktor Staal) and is afraid to tell her. The key to Ein Maedel vom Ballett is "expect the unexpected."