A Woman Like You (1939 film)

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A Woman Like You
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Directed by Viktor Tourjansky
Written by Dinah Nelken (novella)
Peter Francke
Emil Burri
Produced by C.W. Tetting
Starring Brigitte Horney
Joachim Gottschalk
Hans Brausewetter
Charlotte Susa
Cinematography Karl Puth
Edited by Walter Fredersdorf
Music by Lothar Brühne
Production
company
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
  • 19 October 1939 (1939-10-19)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

A Woman Like You (German: Eine Frau wie Du) is a 1939 German romance film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Hans Brausewetter. [1] A young woman lives an unfulfilled life until she falls in love during a holiday abroad. [2]

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