Fanfaren der Liebe

1951
1h 31m

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Dieter Borsche, Inge Egger, and Grethe Weiser in Fanfaren der Liebe (1951)

Two out of work musicians put on drag to get work in an all girl band. Inevitable comical romantic complications ensue.Two out of work musicians put on drag to get work in an all girl band. Inevitable comical romantic complications ensue.Two out of work musicians put on drag to get work in an all girl band. Inevitable comical romantic complications ensue.

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5.5/10

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7/10

Most everything but Valentine's Day & the bullets . . .

Billy Wilder may have said that he only used the premise of this film and one scene in SOME LIKE IT HOT, but aside from the absence of gangsters in the original and women who seem to catch on a lot quicker to what's going on, I didn't see many dissimilarities.

Both films are a lot of fun - although back to back viewings will be problematic for most unless they're someplace that does excellent scheduling of foreign films. I doubt you'll find this one in any recorded form easily.

hofnarr
Oct 11, 2002
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This movie is based on the story that was the inspiration for Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959). Wilder took the basic idea of the two musicians finding a job in a girls band, disguised as women. However he said that the German original was "thirdclass, absolutely terrible and miserable".