What Women Dream
Seen it?1933 | 81 min | Comedy, Mystery
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Fletch or The Return of the Pink Panther, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, tense.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 21 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1933: an older pace and style.
In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 800 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Géza von Bolváry
- Nora GregorRina Korff
- Gustav FröhlichWalter König
- Otto WallburgKleinsilber
- Peter LorreOtto Fuessli
- Kurt HorwitzLevassor alias John Constantinescu
- Lya Christy-
- Erik Ode-
- Carl Auen-
- Eric Steinbeck-
- Kurt Lilien-