The First Day of Spring


The First Day of Spring is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke and Ingeborg Schöner. It was based on the 1935 play Call It [a Day |Call It a Day] by the British writer Dodie Smith. It was made at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in West Berlin.

Synopsis

As the first day of spring arrives, the Hiller household is briefly in confusion. After twenty years of marriage mother Dolly meets an adventurer who wants her to go to Africa with him, while her husband Robert is flirting with attractive singer Bettina Morelli. Their three children, too, are getting their first taste of romance. By midnight, however, all has returned to normal.

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