The Simple Girl () is a 1957 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and produced by Artur Brauner. It starred Caterina Valente, Rudolf Prack and Ruth Stephan. Production The film was directed by German director Werner Jacobs and produced by Artur Brauner. It is based on an idea by Curth Flatow who also wrote the screenplay, together with . The working title was Bravo, Caterina. Horst Wendlandt was line producer and Brauner's wife, Maria, was in charge of costume design. Filming took place in May 1957 at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Paul Markwitz. The film premiered on 23 August 1957 at the Thalia in Wiesbaden. Plot Caterina Bastiani, a talented young actress, is offered the leading role in a musical. This is her big break but the author of the novel on which the musical is based is less than pleased about this adaption — and he does not think much of Caterina. Caterina meets a girl by accident who has applied to work for the author as a maid. She takes the girl's place in order to prove her talent as an actress and shows up at the author's home as the new maid herself. Cast Caterina Valente as Caterina Bastiani Rudolf Prack as Thomas Krauss Ruth Stephan as Milli Rudolf Platte as Werner Pätzold Dorit Kreysler as Mrs. Seidel Helen Vita as Eva Krapke Peter W. Staub as Pit Stefan Haar as Jürgen Krauss Richard Allan as Robert Holden Hans Olden as Anton Schwarz Franz-Otto Krüger as Regisseur Henry Lorenzen as Komponist Heino Kies Herbert Weißbach as Baron Westhoff Edith Adana as Baronin Westhoff References Bibliography Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. External links Artur-Brauner-Archive at the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt (German), containing the production files for this movie 1957 films 1957 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Werner Jacobs Gloria Film films Films shot at Spandau Studios 1950s German films