director: Paul Martin, Klaus Hinrich
years: 1931/ 1932
country: Germany

This film is considered found

One day Hans Kühnert, a telephone operator, is ordered by his supervisor to buy 50 cigarettes at 5 pfennig a piece. It is the peak of the race period, and when Hans goes to the cigarette shop and orders 50 for 5, he receives a betting slip with which he wins 900 Marks. He immediately leaves his job, and becomes an elegant man of the world. He soon loses everything at the racetrack but meets Helene Ponta, in the company of her wealthy parents and her husband-to-be Hunter. Out of curiosity, she meets Hans for dinner. Unable to sustain his adopted way of life without money, Hans becomes a gigolo at the Hotel Atlantic. With the money that she angrily throws at his feet, he buys Helene flowers. Eventually, Hans gets a job as a telephone operator at Hotel Atlantic. When Helene convinces him to leave with her, in his haste he puts a telegram meant for her father, Mr. Ponta, in his bag. This action brings fortunate consequences for him, however. Through his absentmindedness, he manages to save the banker's assets and in the end becomes both his partner and son-in-law.

Screenplay: Leonhard Frank, Robert Liebmann, Billy Wilder.
Director of Photography: Otto Baecker, Günther Rittau.
Camera Assistants: Karl Plintzner, Ekkehard Kyrath.
Still Photography: Willi Klitzke.
Sound: Fritz Thiery.
Music: Werner Richard Heymann.
Lyrics: Robert Gilber, Robert Liebmann, Max Kolpe.
Musical Director: Werner Richard Heymann.
Musical Performers: Comedian Harmonists, Hans Bund and his Jazz Orcherstra, Ufa-Sinfonie-Orchester.
Vocals: Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Comedian Harmonists.
Set Design: Erich Kettelhut.
Costumes: Joe Straßner, Otto Sucrow, Gertrud Wendt, Berta Grützmacher.
Make-up: Waldemar Jabs.
Cast: Hans Albers (Hans Kühnert), Alfred Beierle, Hans Brausewetter (Hunter, Helene's fiancé), Eugen Burg, Comedian Harmonists, Hans Deppe, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (a singer), Julius Falkenstein (Ponta, a banker), Max Gülstorff (the hotel manager), Arthur Mainzer, Käthe von Nagy (Ponta's daughter), Arthur Preiser, Frida Richard (Hans' mother), Adele Sandrock (an old lady), Willi Schur, Ida Wüst (a tailor), Bruno Ziener.
Production Company: Universum-Film AG (Ufa), Berlin.
Producer: Erich Pommer.
Production Manager: Eberhard Klagemann.
Unit Manager: Alexander Schneider-Desnitzky.
Choreography: Heinz Lingen.
Shoot: Dec 1931 to Jan 1932.
Distributor: Ufa-Filmverleih GmbH, Berlin.
Length: 92 min, 2518m.
Format: 35 mm, 1:1.19.
Picture/Sound: b/w, Tobis-Klangfilm.
Censorship Details: 15 March 1932, B.31219, ban for young people.
Première: 21 March 1932, Berlin (Gloria-Palast).
Songs: Ein Tänzer-Song; Es führt kein and'rer Weg zur Seligkeit; Hoppla, jetzt komm ich; Was Du jetzt tust, ist gefährlich; Wir Tanzen ein und Sehen aus.
Copyright Holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden

Source notes
Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen

Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv has got a print.

The National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, has got a 35mm nitrate release print with Japanese subtitles directly printed on the film. The data of the print is, as follows:
Length: 7,560 feet 7 frames (approx. 2,304 m),
Running time: 84 minutes [24 fps],
Total number of reels: 9,
Film stock: AGFA b/w,
Sound type: mono, variable density type, silver track,
Aspect ratio: 1:1.375.