Sehnsucht 202

Sehnsucht 202 (English title: Longing 202^[1]) is a 1932 German musical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and distributed by UFA. Sehnsucht 202 was Luise Rainer's film debut.

Sehnsucht 202
Directed by	Max Neufeld
Written by	Emeric Pressburger Karl Farkas Irma von Cube
Produced by	Arnold Pressburger Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring	Magda Schneider Luise Rainer
Cinematography	Otto Kanturek Anton Pucher
Edited by	Else Baum
Music by	Richard Fall
Distributed by	UFA
Release dates	9 September 1932 (1932-09-09) (Austria) 15 September 1932 (1932-09-15) (Germany)
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	Weimar Republic Austria
Language	German

Plot

Set in Vienna, the film focuses on two young women. Unemployed Magda places a classified ad seeking employment. Wealthy Kitty places a classified ad offering investment in promising businesses. An incompetent desk worker gets the two ads mixed up into one. The ad triggers a reply by the two young owners of a parfume store on the brink of insolvency. All sorts of complications ensue.

Cast

• Magda Schneider as Magda
• Luise Rainer as Kitty
• Fritz Schulz as Bobby
• Paul Kemp as Silber
• Rolf von Goth as Harry
• Attila Hörbiger as Paul, Magda's brother
• Mizzi Griebl as Magda's mother
• Hans Thimig as Beamter

Reception

The film was received generally well.^[1] The New York Times praised Magda Schneider, calling her "impersonally pleasing as ever".^[1] The reviewer furthermore said: "Fritz Schulz did not let a comedy point get by and the cast was rounded smoothly by Rolf van Goth and Paul Kemp. Richard Fall has composed a song, "Mein Schatz, ich bin in Dein Parfüm verliebt" ("Sweetheart, I'm in Love With Your Perfume"), which will have a bad break if it remains within Central European dance orchestra borders. I have spent many worse two hours with camera and microphone."^[1]

Because of the film's success, two alternate versions were made and released shortly later: Une jeune fille et un million [fr] (1932), a French version, and Milyon avcilari (1934), a Turkish version.