'Manicurist Grete and nightclub waiter Carl share a bed, but not at the same time. They hate each other, even though they have never met. Their rented room is next to a cinema with its frankfurter-munching projectionist and romantic musical numbers that seem to permeate their lives. Might they meet and fall in love?' (BFI)

'Girl marries rich man but still loves poor hotel clerk.' (British Film Catalogue)

'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)