The Divorcée
[1] It was based on the operetta Die geschiedene Frau by Leo Fall and Victor Léon.Extremely pedantic and sometimes choleric Lukas van Deesteldonck is president of the Dutch sleeping car company.On a train journey from Paris to Amsterdam, Gonda is offered a sleeper coupe by her stage partner Karel van Lyssewege after she couldn't get one herself.One day Gonda receives a visit from her father, who works as a missionary in Borneo.Knowing that he would be distraught to learn about her divorce, she gets Karel to play the role of her husband.