Solved - MJW #304 - Film "Einmal eine Grosse Dame sein" 1934 starring Kathe von Nagy and a Mercedes-Benz SS

[woodinsight]

Just when you thought I'm posting fairly heavy puzzles here are three that should lighten your day!
Here we have a clip from a film - what is the name of the film, the year, the actress at the wheel and of course the car.

[Paul Jaray]

Well ,the car is a Mercedes Benz...possibly an SS.

[woodinsight]

Mercedes SS yes........

[woodinsight]

Opening up for everyone now

[woodinsight]

A clue for this one - the film is German but the actress in the driver's seat is not......

[Allemano]

Zarah Leander at the wheel?

[Wendax]

Louise Brooks in the 1929 movie "Pandora's Box"?

[woodinsight]

Neither Zarah Leander or Louise Brooks.
As it was a German film the actress probably spoke good German although she came from another country quite close by.

[grobmotorix]

Anny Ondra?

[woodinsight]

Not Anny Ondra

[grobmotorix]

Asta Nielsen?

[Allemano]

Jenny Jugo?

[grobmotorix]

Or Pola Negri?

[Allemano]

Lilian Harvey owned one of these, but I guess you've meant the lady in question is from a neighbour country of Germany

[woodinsight]

Asta Nielsen, Jenny Jugo, Pola Negri or Lilian Harvey are all negative.
I guess the lady in question may be answered by one of my early rising AutoPuzzler colleagues here in Europe who always seems to be awake when I get up at 0500! (that might also be a clue)

[Wendax]

Is it Lya de Putti?

[woodinsight]

Is it Lya de Putti?

Not Lya.

A small clue - her name is xxxx de xxxx

[Wendax]

A small clue - her name is xxxx de xxxx

Four-letter surname, four-letter Christian name?

[woodinsight]

That's correct - four letters, then 'de', then four letters

[Wendax]

That was a nice way to lead me in the wrong direction. 
I guess it was not intended, but in Germany the actress has a five letter Christian name followed by a "von" instead of a "de".

The movie we are looking for is "Einmal eine große Dame sein" by Gerhard Lamprecht from 1934. The actress is Käthe von Nagy, born in Austria-Hungary as Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, also called Katé Nagy or Katé de Nagy. The car is, as already mentioned, a Mercedes-Benz SS from 1933. In the movie Käthe von Nagy plays a car saleswoman pretending to be a countess. She meets a real barron (played by Wolf Albach-Retty, to the right of her in front of the car), whom she thinks to be a mechanic. Finally they marry.

[pnegyesi]

I checked. She was born in Subotica (Szabadka). "Katé" as a name doesn't exist in Hungarian. She was born as Kató (a shortened version of Katalin)

[woodinsight]

That was a nice way to lead me in the wrong direction. 
I guess it was not intended, but in Germany the actress has a five letter Christian name followed by a "von" instead of a "de".

The movie we are looking for is "Einmal eine große Dame sein" by Gerhard Lamprecht from 1934. The actress is Käthe von Nagy, born in Austria-Hungary as Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, also called Katé Nagy or Katé de Nagy. The car is, as already mentioned, a Mercedes-Benz SS from 1933. In the movie Käthe von Nagy plays a car saleswoman pretending to be a countess. She meets a real barron (played by Wolf Albach-Retty, to the right of her in front of the car), whom she thinks to be a mechanic. Finally they marry.

You are quite correct and thank you for your full reply.
I am aware of the differences in the German "von" and the French "de" nomenclature - it was unintended as I merely took the information from the caption to the photograph (see below) 

[woodinsight]

The original with caption -