"Ein blonder Traum" or "A Blonde Dream" is a German film from 1932 that was directed by Paul Martin and written by Walter Reisch. And even if the latter is an Oscar winner, the real star here is co-writer Billy Wilder, who was born in Austria-Hungary, so it should not be too surprising that he worked on German-language films like this one early in their careers. Wilder was in his mid-20s when this film came out almost 85 years ago. It is actually from one year before the Nazis came to power and the cast includes some names that are even still known today like Lilian Harvey playing the central female character. And then there is Willy Fritsch, Willi Forst and Paul Hörbiger as well. Pretty decent lineup for sure. Unfortunately, the script is not on par here. It is basically a comedic take about a woman being stuck between two men and early on it works kinda well, but the longer the film goes, the more difficult the whole situation gets. So yeah, there is a somewhat dramatic situation here and there, but all in all it is a fairly light movie I guess. Sadly, the comedy never really entertained me enough so that I would even smile at the action here, or at the plot twists happening. The only thing I enjoyed in this 83-minute movie (guess this has to be a shorter version I saw compared to the one at 98 minutes on IMDb) was the music. Yes they basically played only one or two songs during the entire film and certainly used this melody a lot that you would get really annoyed if you didn't like it, but luckily I quite enjoyed the tune, regardless if there was people singing or just instruments playing it. But this one positive aspect is of course not enough for me to ignore all the weak, mediocre and forgettable aspects from this black-and-white film from the early years of the sound era. I don't recommend the watch. Thumbs down.
Review of A Blonde Dream
