Just Once a Great Lady (1957 film)

Just Once a Great Lady
Directed by	Erik Ode
Written by	Walter Reisch Janne Furch Werner Eplinius Fritz Böttger
Produced by	Artur Brauner
Starring	Gudula Blau Grethe Weiser Dietmar Schönherr Erich Winn
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Kurt Zeunert
Music by	Erwin Halletz
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Film
Release date	23 August 1957 (1957-08-23)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Just Once a Great Lady (German: Einmal eine große Dame sein) is a 1957 West German comedy film directed by Erik Ode and starring Gudula Blau, Grethe Weiser and Dietmar Schönherr. It has the title of an 1934 film but it is a remake of The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932).

The film's art direction is by Emil Hasler. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin.

Partial cast

• Gudula Blau as Jeannette Heider
• Grethe Weiser as Elly, ihre Tante
• Dietmar Schönherr as Stefan Riehl
• Erich Winn as Philipp de Witt
• Gustl Weishappel as Freddy, sein Sekretär
• Walter Feuchtenberg as Zwingeli, Hoteldetektiv
• Kurd Pieritz as Sawitzky, Regisseur
• Hannelore Könemann as Lucia Murano
• Peter Jost as Schmöller, Manager
• Luigi Malipiero as Hoteldirektor
• Jupp Flohr as Guggemoos, Portier
• Elke Arendt as Frl. Wind, Sekretärin in Redaktion
• Margit Jung as Tankstellenmädchen
• Wolfgang Müller as Wolfgang Berger
• Henry Lorenzen as Lord Uppercut
• Martin Berliner as Lauterer, Aufnahmeleiter
• Horst Naumann as Kurt Jäger
• Olive Moorefield as Olive, Singer
• Barbara Saade as Tankstellenmädchen
• Heinz Schulz as Tankstellenwart
• Monika Peitsch as Sekretärin von Schmöller

See also

• The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932)
• The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934)
• The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948)

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Just Once a Great Lady at IMDb