Die junge Sekretärin Mathilde kommt aus der Provinz nach Berlin, um Filmschauspielerin zu werden. Sie erhält ein Engagement als Komparsin und lebt in bescheidener Ehe mit einem Beleuchter. Und dabei erlebt sie die großen Stars, die Welt hinter den Kulissen, den Glanz, die Eitelkeiten, aber auch die Schattenseiten der Glitzerwelt. Die Story bildet die Rahmenhandlung eines aufwändigen Revuefilms, in dem zahlreiche Stars der 1930er Jahre von Film, Sport und Unterhaltung auftreten.

Mathidle Burk, a secretary, wants to go to Berlin to become a movie star (played by Carla Rust). As she enters the city, you start seeing montages of Berlin with everyone singing, "Berlin". In one of the scenes, you see people on the sidewalk singing, while for a couple of seconds, you also see soldiers marching on the streets with Nazi uniforms; but then the camera quickly moves away. She goes to Tobis studios and tells Rudi Godden, one of the heads of the studio, that she wants to get into movies. He then jumps all over her (not literally) and tells her how difficult it is to become a star. She ends up doing extra work. She rooms with another hopeful , Carla Walton, played By Vera Bergmann, who has a boy friend, who is an aspiring song writer. It turns out they are looking for a new, fresh actress, who can do a role in their new film. And guess who ends up getting it?

THERE IS A NEWSREEL PREVIEW BEFORE THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel). APPROX. 96 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL.   DIGITAL, DVD QUALITY OVERALL.