Two women,Terry and Mara, twins. Terry is so self centered mean that she sends her daughter to private school. Shes' mean to her husband Michael,played by Will Quadflieg,I had thought he was Joseph Sieber,who is orchestra leader and composer and aspiring concert violinist ,aka Vienesse Night's 1930, Mara is the other half sweet, low singing voice and a bit passive. Now Mr Sieber plays Tobs both their friend and theatrical assistant who goes with them every where. They all work in vaudeville, Weimar district style.Terry steals some papers, at a party,from a government official she had an affair with, takes the whole troupe to Afrika where she going to sell them to another country , through a channel,played by Franz Schefietland , who looks like he was born Mars, he has a funny scull shape, in th 50s he could of played a mad scientist or a U.F.O monster very simply if they did make outer space horror movies in Germany back then.Well Tobs and Mara finds out and she accidentally shoot's her sister. Tobs takes the guilt and she plays her sister Terry and inherits all her problems.The filmmaker try to portray Terry as a Mata Hary. Ms Rokk does a Mata Hary dance with a python, which would be later imitated by dancers at adult night clubs in the late 60's and 70'sbut go a little bit further like putting the snakes head in their mouths.Germany obviously thought that popular theaters in Broadway all were dinner theaters The filmmaker was confusing them with the old supper clubs.Since in Afrika it was terry who was hired poor Mara has to be a dance hostess on the other side of the club. She attempts to succeed on her own with her small voice but it doesn't work out. I heard that her stand in ,who's face was almost shown, was a concentration camp victim who one freedom from it when she got the role. they didn't mention her name on the box. I wonder what happen to her ?
Review of Kora Terry
Kora Terry
(1940)
Her dramatic acting was better than in "Night of the ball
5 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers