What a pity! Caterina Valente is surely one of the most talented female entertainers of the last five decades, being pretty and gifted with an impressive singing voice, artistic dancing and a faible for comedy. Nevertheless, this movie seems to be made in "different parts" and "different countries". The single scenes and musical numbers do not fit together and are disharmonic. The story is awful, but that is not really a matter of interest in musicals. Gilbert Bécaud is famous for his singing, but it is hard to believe that Valente falls in love with him, leaving Vittoria de Sica, who - sophisticated as ever - seems to be several numbers "too big" for this movie. All in all, the film looks "undecided": sometimes a stage musical, sometimes with "integrated numbers", some scenes typically German, others obviously shot in a French, Italian or even American style. In Germany you say: "Not fish, not meat".
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