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This German film serves up a heavy dose of melodrama, making it difficult to digest despite the fine acting of Barbara Ruetting and Carlos Thompson. Anette Klinger (Ruetting), an intelligent, and wealthy but lonely and widowed factory owner, meets Nikolei Stein (Thompson), a gas station attendant. She falls in love with him, unaware that he is a ruthless fraudster after her money. Anette ends up destitute in the slave quarters of Cairo. Thompson portrays a heel of almost mythic proportions, focusing on swindling Anette while also double-crossing other women. Good acting support is provided by Wolfgang Preiss and Kai Fischer. This film was released (with English subtitles) in the U. S. in 1965.