But It Was Beautiful (1962)

BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL (1962)

“But it was beautiful…”

is the portrait of an extraordinary woman who is among the few world stars that Germany produced in the past century.

Hildegard Knef stands for no less than three careers of international stature:

• as a movie star in the rubble cinema of the post-war era –
• as a successful singer who made the chanson respectable in Germany –
• and finally as a world bestselling author.