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Before Becoming a Husband

Oct 3, 1941 · 1h 38m
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Comedy

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Professor Hellwig is a confirmed bachelor. He is a music historian and lives only for his passion. He has no patience for the ladies and does everything he can do drive them out of his classes by being super unfriendly. Even at home, he will only let himself be served by a man -- Sebastian. Sebastian, of course, doesn't let the professor know that he's actually married. Elli Martens, a student, who has gotten to know the professor through one of his classes, wants to cure the professor of his aversion to women, because she can't stand to see someone happy (what other reason can there be?). She decides to use her womanly guile to ensnare him. Posing as a married woman, who lost her husband in an auto accident during their honeymoon, she shows up at Hellwig's house on a stormy evening, begging for help. Hellwig is repulsed and tries to get rid of her as quickly as possible (AMEN!).

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Ewald Balser
Prof. Hellwig
Heli Finkenzeller
Elli
Maria Paudler
Agathe
Rudolf Carl
Sebastian
Günther Lüders
Gansauge
Lotte Rausch
Hannerl
Directed by Alwin Elling

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