No Time for Flowers

Plot

Basically a low-budget reworking of Ninotchka, this romantic comedy drama contains a strong anti-communist message as it tells the story of a Czechoslovakian secretary and the government official she works for. Both are loyal party members, particularly the secretary. One day, her boss, having just returned from a visit to the US is assigned to test his secretary to insure that she is immune to the lure of capitalism and materialism. At first, when her boss begins to shower her with such decadent gifts as make-up and a beautiful evening gown, she is shocked and afraid that he has become a traitor. Still he continues to give her such luxuries as bubble bath and even nylon stockings. Much to her chagrin, the woman begins to like these things and sure enough her party values crumble. By this time, her boss has fallen in love with her and rather than turn her in for treachery, he decides to defect to Austria with her. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Cast

• Viveca Lindfors - Anna Svoboda
• Paul Christian - Karl Marek
• Ludwig Stossel - Papa Svoboda
• Adrienne Gessner - Mama Svoboda
• Peter Preses - Emil Dadak

Manfred Inger - Kudelka; Fred Berger - Anton Novotny; Oskar Wegrostek - Johann Burian; Helmuth Janatsch - Milo; Ilka Windish - Woman Drunk; Karl Schwetter - Soldier; Paul Hubschmid - Karl Marek

Credit

Edward Stolba - Art Director, Don Siegel - Director, Arthur H. Nadel - Editor, Henrietta Brunsch - Editor, Herschel Burke Gilbert - Composer (Music Score), Tony Braun - Cinematographer, Mort Briskin - Producer, Laszlo Vadnay - Screenwriter, Hans Wilhelm - Screenwriter

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