[Oskar Kalbus on Gertrude Welcker] 'She has mastered the art of wearing tasteful clothing effectively, but remains strangely closed or even absent. She rather irritates than that she is able to become an idol of the critics and the public. In the tumbling vortex of the urban society of the immediate post-war years, which was initially unrestrained after the collapse of the old order, she embodies the spirit of the times like hardly any other film actress.'