It Happened Only Once

{{Short description|1958 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = It Happened Only Once |image =It Happened Only Once.jpg |caption = Film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Das gab's nur einmal}} |director = [[Géza von Bolváry]] |producer = [[Kurt Ulrich]] |writer = [[Gustav Kampendonk]] |starring = {{ubl|[[Hans Albers]]|[[Helga Martin]]|[[Stanislav Ledinek]]|[[Emmy Burg]]}} |music = [[Hans-Martin Majewski]] |cinematography = [[Bruno Timm]] |editing = [[Wolfgang Wehrum]] |studio = Kurt Ulrich Film |distributor = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] |released = {{Film date|1958|3|7|df=y}} |runtime = 105 minutes |country = West Germany |language = German }} '''''It Happened Only Once''''' ({{langx|de|'''Das gab's nur einmal'''}}) is a 1958 West German [[drama film]] directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]] and starring [[Hans Albers]], [[Helga Martin]], and [[Stanislav Ledinek]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hake|first=Sabine|title=Popular Cinema of the Third Reich|publisher=[[University of Texas Press]]|year=2001|location=Austin|page=228|isbn=978-0-292-73458-6}}</ref> It was shot at the [[Tempelhof Studios]] in [[West Berlin]].

==Synopsis== A veteran star recounts the history of the film industry to an aspiring young actress, showing a compilation of clips from a variety of German films, many of them featuring Albers himself.

==Cast== *[[Hans Albers]] as himself, Hans Albers *[[Helga Martin]] as Sabine *[[Stanislav Ledinek]] as Sabine's father *[[Emmy Burg]] as Sabine's mother *[[Karl Hellmer]] as Barber *Walter Ambrock as Jürgen *[[Erich Dunskus]] as Truck Driver *Georg Gütlich as Production Manager *Waltraut Runze as Secretary *Gerda Mallwitz as Secretary *Wolf Harnisch as Kellner in der Filmkantine *Eve Dietrich as Gerti *[[Alexa von Porembsky]] as Mutter Schröder *[[Antonie Jaeckel]] as Alte Komparsin

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0051521}}

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