Dolly Haas again stars in this comic portrait of the life of a working girl. Haas' comic tricks--including, as one reviewer notes, “knowing how to cry and wiggle her ears"--imbue the “ugly duckling” with charming humor. The plot revolves around her trip to the beauty parlor in hopes of being transformed into a swan, but it is the details of office life and city existence that give the film its color. Although one 1933 reviewer notes that “screenplay, direction, acting and other elements have come together to create a film that will find amused and enthusiastic audiences wherever shown,” the film's Berlin premiere was reportedly an occasion for audience unrest, amid egg-throwing and accusations of the film's “disgraceful” use of “non-aryan"actors.
Hermann Kosterlitz (in Hollywood, Henry Koster) began his career as a scriptwriter, particularly for Kurt (Curtis) Bernhardt. In America, he became a specialist in entertaining family pictures and comedies, and directed the first film in Cinemascope, The Robe. Note: German dialogue with written English synopsis.