Little Mother (Kleine Mutti)

"Because we're poor people." Another absolute charmer, unashamedly sentimental in a way only fairytales are allowed to be. Franzi Gaal could've been an axiom of cinema like Chaplin if she had entered filmmaking at a different time and/or place.

dirtylaundri

Bachelor Mother in German, done years before Ginger Rogers' Hollywood film. And it's a perfect role for Franciska Gaal to shine. It's more the pacing and lack of little touches from director Henry Koster that prevents it from being better, for Gall herself does what she can…

PUNQ

It seems that Henry Koster stayed in Germany a couple years longer than some of his colleagues before making his way to Hollywood, so I'm quite interested in checking out the movies he made during this period. Turns out I'd already seen the apparent remake of this one,…

Luka

Cute story that was remade in Hollywood as Bachelor Mother ('39). Franciska Gaal is s delight, one of those forgotten gems of 1920s-'30s Hungarian and German cinema who ended up displaced or killed by fascists.

Linds

Cute!!! Quite silly but cute!!!

astrodomine

Mannomann, als ich den Film vor einigen Jahren im Metropolis-Kino im Rahmen eines Festivals sah, waren ich und das Publikum ganz aus dem Häuschen. Am Ende gab es Applaus. Und der Film ist so Charmant und Franziska Gaal so unglaublich süß und liebreizend, dass es mich…

Doktor_Muffel