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Operetta Films
Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but not exclusive to, German language cinema. The genre began in the late 1920s, but its roots stretch back into the tradition of nineteenth century Viennese operettas. Although some silent films had based their plots on stage operettas, the genre was largely a result of the switch from silent to sound films. The 1929 film ''Melody of the Heart'', made by the German studio UFA, is credited as being the first "Operetta film". It had been intended as a silent film, but the dramatic arrival of sound forced its production to be switched. Its combination of music and dancing proved to be a successful formula, and it was followed by many similar films. During the 1930s the trend spread to Britain, where a number of Operetta films were made (often in co-productions with German or Austrian studios), France and the United States. Many German émigré film-makers following the Nazi rise to power in 1933 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genre
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The Vagabond King (1930 Film)
''The Vagabond King'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical operetta film photographed entirely in two-color Technicolor. The plot of the film was based on the 1925 operetta of the same name, which was based on the 1901 play ''If I Were King'' by Justin Huntly McCarthy. The play told the story of the real-life renegade French poet named François Villon. The music of the film was based on a 1925 operetta, also based on the play ''If I Were King'' by McCarthy. The operetta is also titled ''The Vagabond King'' with music by Rudolph Friml and lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H. Post. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Plot The story takes place in France in the Middle Ages. King Louis XI of France ( O. P. Heggie) (reigned 1461-1483), hoping to enlist the French peasants in his upcoming battle against the Burgundians, appoints François Villon (Dennis King) king of France for one day. Despite being successful against the Burgundians, François Villon is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodnight, Vienna
''Goodnight, Vienna'' is a 1932 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Jack Buchanan, Anna Neagle and Gina Malo. Two lovers in Vienna are separated by the First World War, but are later reunited. Based on a radio operetta written by Eric Maschwitz, it features the song "Good-night, Vienna". Wilcox reportedly cast Neagle, whom he would later marry and direct in many films, after discovering her by chance in a stage show.Street p.165 Plot Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with Vicki. Attending a party given in his honour, they are informed that war has broken out. Max writes a note to Vicki and goes off to war. Unfortunately the note is lost. Some time after the war, Max is just a shoe shop assistant while Vicki is now a famous singer. They meet and at first she snubs him but then falls in love with him again. Cast * Jack Buchanan - Captain Maxim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gräfin Mariza (1932 Film)
''Countess Mariza'' (german: Gräfin Mariza) is a 1932 German musical film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Dorothea Wieck, Hubert Marischka and Charlotte Ander. It is an Operetta film is based on the operetta '' Countess Maritza'' by Emmerich Kálmán, Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Cast * Dorothea Wieck as Gräfin Mariza * Hubert Marischka as Török, Gutsverwalter * Charlotte Ander as Lisa * Ferdinand von Alten as Fürst Popoff * Anton Pointner as Baron Liebenberg * Ernő Verebes as Koloman Zsupan * S.Z. Sakall as Lampe * Traute Flamme as Ilka * Mariette Keglevich as Manja * Edith Karin Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and vari ... as Magd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamsell Nitouche (1932 Film)
''Mamsell Nitouche'' is a 1932 French-German operetta film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Georg Alexander and Oskar Karlweis.Grange p. 382 The film is the German-language version of the 1931 French film ', directed by Marc Allégret. Both films are based on the 1883 operetta ''Mam'zelle Nitouche''. The film's art direction was by Heinz Fenchel. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in February 1932. Cast * Anny Ondra as Mamselle Nitouche * Georg Alexander as Leutnant Champlatreux * Oskar Karlweis as Célestin, organist * Hans Junkermann as Major Gibus * Julia Serda as Die Oberin, Madame Audrin * Yvonne Albinus as Corinne * Karl Forest Karl Forest (1874–1944) was an Austrian actor. He was married to the actress Traute Carlsen. Selected filmography * ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (1923) * '' The Money Devil'' (1923) * '' Boarding House Groonen'' (1925) * ''The Guardsman'' (1925) * ... as Theaterdirektor References Bibliography * External links * 1932 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Kongreß Tanzt
''Der Kongress tanzt'' (English: ''The Congress Dances'') is a Cinema of Germany, German musical comedy, musical comedy film produced in 1931 by Universum Film AG, Ufa, directed by Erik Charell, starring Lilian Harvey as Christel Weinzinger, the glove seller, Willy Fritsch as Tsar Alexander I of Russia and his doppelgänger, Uralsky, Otto Wallburg as Bibikoff, his Adjutant, Conrad Veidt as Prince Metternich, Carl-Heinz Schroth as his Secretary, Pepi, Lil Dagover as the Countess and Alfred Abel as the King of Saxony. ''Der Kongress tanzt'' is a particularly well achieved move in Universum Film AG, Ufa's attempt to challenge US supremacy in the European film arena, taking advantage of the introduction of sound. As such, the studio released the movie in three different language versions (MLV): in German, in French as ''Le congrès s'amuse'', and English as ''Congress Dances''. Lilian Harvey played in all three versions, as she spoke all languages; Henri Garat replaced Willy Fritsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Wives Of Vienna
''The Merry Wives of Vienna'' (german: Die lustigen Weiber von Wien) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Willi Forst, Lee Parry, and Paul Hörbiger. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Andrej Andrejew and Gabriel Pellon Gabriel Pellon (1900–1975) was a German painter and art director.Shandley p.212 Pellon was born in Metz, which was then part of the German Empire having been annexed from France at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. When Metz was later annexed .... It is an operetta film set in pre- First World War Vienna. Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1931 films 1931 musical comedy films German musical comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Films set in Vienna Films set in the 1900s German black-and-white films Films based on operettas Operetta films 1930s historical comedy films German histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Emperor's Sweetheart
''The Emperor's Sweetheart'' (German: ''Kaiserliebchen'') is a 1931 German historical musical comedy film directed by Hans Tintner and starring Liane Haid, Walter Janssen and Wilhelm Bendow. It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.140 The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Heilbronner. An operetta film, it is based on the stage operetta of the same title composed by Emil Berté. It was distributed by the German branch of the American company Fox Film. Cast * Liane Haid as Liesl, des Postmeisters Tochter * Walter Janssen as Kaiser Josef * Wilhelm Bendow as Rosenberg, Adjutant Kaiser Josefs * Collette Jell as Jeanette, Prima-Ballerina * Hans Jaray as Veilchen * August Junker as Valentin, Hausmeister * Attila Hörbiger as Josef Grundner, Postillon * Olly Gebauer as Hilde, Liesels Freundin * Liselotte Schaak as Zofe * Henry Bender as Hofrat Sittenius * Heinrich Heilinger as Bartel, Schmied * Valy Arnheim as Fürst Clary * Karl E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Express
''The Love Express'' (german: Der Liebesexpreß) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Georg Alexander, Dina Gralla and Joseph Schmidt. No print of the film is known to survive, and it is therefore a lost film.Jung & Schatzberg p. 165 It is based on the operetta ''Es lebe die Liebe'' by Alexander Engel and . It was one of a cycle of operetta films made during the early sound era. A French-language version, '' Venetian Nights'' (''Nuits de Venise''), also directed by Wiene, was released the same year. It is sometimes known by the alternative title of ''Eight Days of Happiness''. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Cast * Georg Alexander Georg Alexander (born Werner Ludwig Georg Lüddeckens; 3 April 1888 – 30 October 1945) was a German film actor who was a prolific presence in German cinema. He also directed a number of films during the silent era. Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria And Her Hussar (1931 Film)
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Song Of The Flame
''Song of the Flame'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was the first color film to feature a widescreen sequence, using a process called Vitascope, the trademark name for Warner Bros.' widescreen process. The film, based on the 1925 Broadway musical of the same name, was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Recording ( George Groves). It is part of the tradition of operetta films, popular at the time. Plot Aniuta (Bernice Claire), known as ''The Flame'', is a peasant girl who incites the people against the Czarist regime and the aristocracy through singing. Prince Volodya (Alexander Gray) is the leader of a group of Cossack troops who falls in love with the girl, even though she is part of a revolution that is opposed to his social class. Konstantin (Noah Beery) is a revolutionary who also falls in love with Aniuta, much to the anger of his lover, Natasha (Alice Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retreat On The Rhine
''Retreat on the Rhine'' (german: Zapfenstreich am Rhein) is a 1930 German musical comedy film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Charlotte Susa, Hans Stüwe, and Hermann Böttcher. It was made as an operetta film which emerged as a popular genre following the arrival of sound film. The film's sets were designed by Walter Reimann Walter Reimann (2 June 1887 – 8 November 1936) was a German painter and art director. He was an Expressionist and member of the group of artists associated with Zurich magazine, Der Sturm. He worked on the production design of a number of films .... Cast References Bibliography * External links * 1930 films 1930 musical comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic German musical comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Jaap Speyer Operetta films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{musical-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
