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Pierre is in Hamburg on a merchant ship with his friends Georges and Jean-Marie. While they are just looking for a good time in the twenty-four hours they have to waste in the city, Pierre is seized by the memory of a young German girl, Maria, whom he had known and probably loved when he was a prisoner of war in the bombed-out port of Hamburg. He abandons his companions in search of her, but is unable to trace her, her house having been destroyed and the search services having no record of her.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Hildegard KnefHildegard KnefMaria
  • Photo of Daniel GélinDaniel GélinPierre
  • Photo of Jean LefebvreJean LefebvreGeorges
  • Photo of Daniel SoranoDaniel SoranoJean-Marie
  • Photo of Frédéric O'BradyFrédéric O'BradyBarkeeper
  • Photo of Almuth BockAlmuth BockN.A.
  • Photo of Reinhold NietschmannReinhold Nietschmann
  • Photo of Günther JerschkeGünther Jerschke
  • Photo of Reiner BrönnekeReiner BrönnekePimp at Bar
  • Photo of Kurt KlopschKurt KlopschJulius, the Cabaret Owner

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