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''Gitta Discovers Her Heart'' (german: Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz) is a 1932 German
musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
directed by
Carl Froelich Carl August Hugo Froelich (5 September 1875 – 12 February 1953) was a German film pioneer and film director. He was born and died in Berlin. Biography Apparatus builder and cameraman From 1903 Froelich was a colleague of Oskar Messter, one of ...
and starring
Gitta Alpar Gitta may refer to: Places *Gitta, Hsawlaw, village in Burma *Gita, Israel, communal settlement in Israel People *Gitta Alpár (1903–1991), Hungarian opera singer *Gitta Bauer (1919–1990), German journalist * Gitta Connemann (born 1964), German ...
, Gustav Fröhlich, and Paul Kemp. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Franz Schroedter.


Plot

While looking for new members in a small Hungarian village, the Prímás of a music ensemble comes across the young Gitta Farkas, who confidently performs her song with a beautiful voice. She is accepted and soon becomes a celebrated revue star. In the period that followed, she traveled the world with the ensemble. During a train ride to a guest performance in Berlin, Prímás Gitta tries to get closer. However, she rejects him and leaves the train in Berlin before the destination station. After boarding a double-decker bus, she strikes up a conversation with her neighbor Peter, a young composer, to whom she suggests that he shouldn't compose so serious things. When she has to get off - without a ticket and without money - Peter also gets out and takes her home. Peter sneaks with Gitta past the party his wealthy father is giving to the upper floor and rehearses the song that Gitta is humming to him on his grand piano. While Peter is then taken over by the guests, Gitta drapes a large silk scarf around her body and mingles with the guests, where the master of the house greets her delightedly. When her “dress” comes loose at the back and his father confronts Peter about Gitta, he leaves the house angrily with Gitta, but lets his father know beforehand that he now wants to make his own way through life. At the door, he meets his friend Fred, who wants to borrow money from him. Fred takes Peter and Gitta to his shack under the roof. The men do not suspect that the young woman is already an extremely successful singer. In order to pay the bill for a taxi, Gitta sends the driver to the hotel where the musical ensemble is staying, to her dance partner János, who is supposed to pay the bill. Meanwhile, Peter asks his publisher for an advance payment for the newly composed song. However, he declined, pointing out that the printing of his irrelevant compositions had been paid for by his father. In the meantime, the Prímás has pulled out all the stops to find his star and even offered a large reward, but Gitta has disappeared. He can't count on his second role, Ilona, because she's so excited that she can't make a sound. Shortly before the upcoming premiere, Gitta returns to the Prímás because she wants to help her Peter. The Prímás is so relieved his star has returned that he allows Gitta to sing Peter's song. When Peter sees his Gitta as the big star of the revue at the premiere, who performs his song with great success, he believes that she has played a joke on him. Despite all the misunderstandings, the young couple finally finds their way back together.


Cast

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Gitta Alpar Gitta may refer to: Places *Gitta, Hsawlaw, village in Burma *Gita, Israel, communal settlement in Israel People *Gitta Alpár (1903–1991), Hungarian opera singer *Gitta Bauer (1919–1990), German journalist * Gitta Connemann (born 1964), German ...
as Gitta Farkas * Gustav Fröhlich as Peter, composer * Paul Kemp as Fred, their friend *
Tibor Halmay Tibor Halmay (20 December 1894 – 2 November 1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.von Dassanowsky p.65 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and appeared in a mixture of German and Hungarian films during his career. He is sometimes ...
as Janos * Leonard Steckel as the primate *
Oscar Sabo Oscar Sabo (29 August 1881, in Vienna – 2 May 1969, in Berlin) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * ''The False Dimitri'' (1922) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ''The Little Escapade'' (1931) * '' The Span ...
as Peter's father *
Blandine Ebinger Blandine Ebinger (born Blandine Loeser) (4 November 1899, in Berlin – 25 December 1993, in Berlin) was a German actress and ''chansonniere''. Career Ebinger became acquainted with Friedrich Hollaender in 1919, and with him she became heavi ...
as Ilona * Gerhard Dammann *Heinz Sarnow * Fritz Spira *Egon Brosig * Kurt Lilien


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* {{Carl Froelich 1932 musical films German musical films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Carl Froelich German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios 1930s German-language films