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GERMANY · 1932

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Robert Siodmak
identity and disguise unrequited love performance and showmanship mistaken identity romance
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Synopsis

A woman staying at a health spa (Lillian Harvey, goes to the theater every night to see "Quick" a comic performer, who wears clown make-up. She meets him off stage, without make-up and doesn't recognize him. He courts her, hoping she'll like him for himself but she maintains her crush on "Quick."

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