Harry Hertzsch

Winnie is desperate and doesn't know what to do next. She is about to marry her lover Paul, who has returned from war captivity. Both want to emigrate to America short after marriage. But the young woman has an illegitimate one-and-a-half-year-old son, whom she has kept secret from her fiancé. The short-tempered Paul would never understand that. When she is on her way to the orphanage, the grumpy senior civil servant Hieronymus Spitz and his little dog Tobby get into her train compartment. After a short observation, Winnie is certain that the misantrope actually has a good heart, because he lovingly takes care of his dog. Without further ado she leaves little Niki with the tax accountant and disappears from the train. Only a note with a request remains. The overwhelmed old gentleman initially wants to get rid of the child, but then takes it home and takes care of it together with his housekeeper. Both take the bundle of joy to their hearts. But then everything turns out differently.

Фильм повествует о боевом пути бойцов штурмового батальона, воевавших на Западном фронте в 1917 году. В течение всего 1917 года штурмовой батальон перебрасывают на самые тяжелые участки фронта, где ведутся самые кровопролитные бои: весной-бои на реке Эна в Шампани, затем бои топкой грязи Фландрии, сражение при Камбрэ. Силами кинематографа 30-х годов воссозданы ужасы Первой Мирвой Войны: нескончаемые артобстрелы, топкая грязь позиционной войны, рукопашные схватки и штурмовые атаки, подрыв укреплений и «зачистка окопов», газовая атака и бой с танком.

Musical about a girl typist who leaves Berlin for Venice after winning a contest. A rich bachelor pretending to be poor takes a job with her and competes for her affections with a count and a tenor.