It Only Happened Once
1958, German. Directed by Géza von Bolváry.
Sabine Schröder, who works as a hairdresser's assistant in a small town, feels called to higher things: to acting. She gets on everyone's nerves with her madness: her boss, her parents and above all her fiancé, the car mechanic Jürgen. One day, when Schröders received a letter from a Berlin film company, the father burned it unread. Out of disappointment, anger and defiance, Sabine packs her bags and makes her way to Berlin, where the film festival is taking place.
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- German
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- Released
- 7 March 1958
- Original title
- Das gab's nur einmal
- Country
- Germany
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Who directed It Only Happened Once?
It Only Happened Once (1958) was directed by Géza von Bolváry and stars Hans Albers, Charlotte Ander, Emmy Burg.