# It Happened Only Once > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/It_Happened_Only_Once > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/It_Happened_Only_Once.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_Only_Once > Source revision: 1355507165 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1958 film It Happened Only Once Film poster German Das gab's nur einmal Directed by Géza von Bolváry Written by Gustav Kampendonk Produced by Kurt Ulrich Starring Hans Albers Helga Martin Stanislav Ledinek Emmy Burg Cinematography Bruno Timm Edited by Wolfgang Wehrum Music by Hans-Martin Majewski Production company Kurt Ulrich Film Distributed by UFA Release date 7 March 1958 (1958-03-07) Running time 105 minutes Country West Germany Language German ***It Happened Only Once*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Das gab's nur einmal***) is a 1958 West German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Géza von Bolváry](/source/G%C3%A9za_von_Bolv%C3%A1ry) and starring [Hans Albers](/source/Hans_Albers), [Helga Martin](/source/Helga_Martin), and [Stanislav Ledinek](/source/Stanislav_Ledinek).[1] It was shot at the [Tempelhof Studios](/source/Tempelhof_Studios) in [West Berlin](/source/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](/source/Hans_Albers) as himself, Hans Albers - [Helga Martin](/source/Helga_Martin) as Sabine - [Stanislav Ledinek](/source/Stanislav_Ledinek) as Sabine's father - [Emmy Burg](/source/Emmy_Burg) as Sabine's mother - [Karl Hellmer](/source/Karl_Hellmer) as Barber - Walter Ambrock as Jürgen - [Erich Dunskus](/source/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](/source/Alexa_von_Porembsky) as Mutter Schröder - [Antonie Jaeckel](/source/Antonie_Jaeckel) as Alte Komparsin ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hake, Sabine (2001). *Popular Cinema of the Third Reich*. Austin: [University of Texas Press](/source/University_of_Texas_Press). p. 228. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-292-73458-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-292-73458-6). ## External links - [*It Happened Only Once*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051521/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Géza von Bolváry The Way to the Light (1923) Girls You Don't Marry (1924) Reluctant Imposter (1925) The Royal Grenadiers (1925) Women Who Fall by the Wayside (1925) The Love of the Bajadere (1925) The Princess of the Riviera (1926) The Heart of a German Mother (1926) Fräulein Mama (1926) The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927) Ghost Train (1927) Artists (1928) Number 17 (1928) The Gallant Hussar (1928) Bright Eyes (1929) The Vagabond Queen (1929) The Wrecker (1929) My Daughter's Tutor (1929) Father and Son (1929) Delicatessen (1930) Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930) A Tango for You (1930) A Gentleman for Hire (1930) The Song Is Ended (1930) The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931) The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932) A Man with Heart (1932) What Women Dream (1933) The Castle in the South (1933) Dream Castle (1933) Romance in Budapest (1933) Scandal in Budapest (1933) Farewell Waltz (1934) Song of Farewell (1934) Spring Parade (1934) Stradivari (1935) Stradivarius (1935) Winter Night's Dream (1935) The Castle in Flanders (1936) Girls' Dormitory (1936) Harvest (1936) Lumpaci the Vagabond (1936) Premiere (1937) The Irresistible Man (1937) The Charm of La Boheme (1937) Mirror of Life (1938) Maria Ilona (1939) Between River and Steppe (1939) Flower of the Tisza (1939) Opera Ball (1939) Vienna Tales (1940) Roses in Tyrol (1940) Thrice Wed (1941) Destiny (1942) A Man with Principles? (1943) The Dark Day (1943) Schrammeln (1944) Die Fledermaus (1946) Who Is This That I Love? (1950) Wedding Night in Paradise (1950) Dark Eyes (1951) My Wife Is Being Stupid (1952) Fritz and Friederike (1952) Once I Will Return (1953) The Daughter of the Regiment (1953) My Leopold (1955) Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol (1955) Black Forest Melody (1956) Two Hearts in May (1957) Black Forest Cherry Schnapps (1958) It Happened Only Once (1958) A Song Goes Round the World (1958) This article related to a German film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1950s-Germany-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1950s-Germany-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1950s-Germany-film-stub) This article about a musical drama film is a stub. 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