Jochen Huth

Maria Schell stars as an East German girl anxious to get a fake passport to the West. To raise the necessary funds, she sells her illegitimate baby to another woman (Barbara Rush), who hopes that the child will bring her closer to her husband. There are rats scampering on the set and chewing up prop food, but the actual "rats" of the title are of the human variety--notably the petty crook (Curt Jurgens) who impregnates Ms. Schell in the first place.

Lorenz Darrandt was a prisoner of war, for years. In postwar Germany he struggles with the experiences he made. Then he falls in love with Wanda, a prostitute who is influenced by her pimp...

There's hokum in abundance when lascivious lothario Philip falls into a marriage trap concocted by Gaby and Viola. Knowing that Philip prefers the sexual company of married women, Gaby and Viola exchange identities, much to the discomfort of Gaby's jealous husband David. The misunderstandings multiply as the four protagonists attend the annual Monte Carlo motor race, then head off for a zany ocean voyage.

Ingrid Bergman and three other women advertise.

The film has a bittersweet tone to the romance between the veteran Mathias Clausen (Albers) and the young and beautiful Inken Peters (Dueringer), between May and December. (FILMAFFINITY)

The famous pilot Mabel Atkinson does not like reporters, and the famous reporter Jack Warren does not like famous women. He is looking for a nice, pretty, totally uninteresting girl.