A threadbare sequel to the 1950 'Lili Marlene' in which true love and the heroine's rise to the top naturally don't run smooth or there'd be no film.
Lacking the budget for Technicolor, the lighting by Arthur Grant is more suited to 'Dr Mabuse' than a musical. But Gabrielle Brune is an absolute hoot as the venomous diva. Compensation also comes in the form of Sid James playing a hot-shot impresario and comic cameos from the likes of Irene Handl (attempting a bizarre foreign accent), Wally Patch and Dandy Nichols, and brief sequences involving worldly-looking dancing girls which remain quite racy even seen today.
Lacking the budget for Technicolor, the lighting by Arthur Grant is more suited to 'Dr Mabuse' than a musical. But Gabrielle Brune is an absolute hoot as the venomous diva. Compensation also comes in the form of Sid James playing a hot-shot impresario and comic cameos from the likes of Irene Handl (attempting a bizarre foreign accent), Wally Patch and Dandy Nichols, and brief sequences involving worldly-looking dancing girls which remain quite racy even seen today.