A dancer named Marie-Luise Pally is sent on a diplomatic mission to the Frankfurt Parliament in an attempt to stop her uncle's casino in Homburg shutting down.
[3] Many of the delays in production stemmed from the fact that Women Are Better Diplomats was the first German feature film to be shot in colour.
Lead actress Marika Rökk recalled that "If we thought we had finished a scene, some revoltingly gifted technician would come up with an idea for improving it".
[10] A further 500,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁ was added to the production cost when Karel Štěpánek, who had originally been cast for the part of Oberleutnant Keller, fled to London after the initial conclusion of filming and performed on radio there.
[5][6] Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels was not pleased with the results,[12] but the film met with a positive public response.