''Emperor's Ball'' (German:''Kaiserball'') is a 1956 Austrian

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directed by

Franz Antel Franz Antel (28 June 1913 – 11 August 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the ...

and starring

Sonja Ziemann Sonja Alice Selma Toni Ziemann (; 8 February 1926 – 17 February 2020) was a German film and television actress. In the 1950s, she was among Germany's most prominent actresses, awarded the 1950 Bambi for appearing, together with Rudolf Prack, ...

Rudolf Prack Rudolf Prack (2 August 1905 – 2 December 1981) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Florentine'' (1937) * ''Prinzessin Sissy'' (1939) - Prince Luitpold * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) - Felix Pirlinger - 1922 * ''Krambambuli'' ( ...

and

Hannelore Bollmann Hannelore Bollmann (born 10 May 1925) is a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films, often in leading roles. Selected filmography * ''King of Hearts'' (1947) * '' Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949) * ''Love on Ice'' (1950) * '' Holiday Fro ...

. The film is part of a cycle of films set during the old

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.Kapczynski & Richardson p.122 It was shot in

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with sets designed by

Otto Pischinger Otto Pischinger (1919–1976) was an Austrian art director who designed the sets for a large number of films during his career. In 1955 he worked on '' The Last Ten Days''.Silberman p.243 He was married to Hertha Hareiter, also an art director, un ...

Cast

as Franzi *

as Reichsgraf Georg von Hohenegg *

as Prinzessin Christine *

Maria Andergast Maria Andergast (4 June 1912 – 14 February 1995) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1934 and 1974. Selected filmography * '' The Prodigal Son'' (1934) * '' Last Stop'' (1935) * '' My Life for Maria Isabella'' (1 ...

as Fürstin zu Schenckenberg *

Jane Tilden Jane Tilden, born as Marianne Wilhelmine Tuch, (1910–2002) was an Austrian actress who enjoyed a long career on stage and in films and television shows. She was born as Marianne Tuch in Aussig, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was ...

as Gräfin Reichenbach *

Ilse Peternell Ilse Peternell (2 December 1928 – 30 April 2011) was an Austrian actress who appeared in more than forty films during her career. During the 1940s and 1950 she played female leads in films such as '' Winter Melody'' (1947). She gradually switch ...

as Direktrice *

Bully Buhlan Bully Buhlan (3 February 1924 – 7 November 1982) was a German musician and actor.Barnett p.180 Filmography References Bibliography * Barnett, David. ''A History of the Berliner Ensemble''. Cambridge University Press, 2015. External links * ...

as Graf Baranyi *

Hans Olden Hans Olden (1892–1975) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Olden appeared in more than eighty films during his career, mostly in Austria but occasionally also in Germany. He was a supporter of the Austrian Nazi Party, his interest in Nazism p ...

as Erzherzog Benedikt * Rolf Olsen as Jean Müller *

Paul Löwinger Paul Löwinger (10 November 1904 – 17 December 1988) was an Austrian actor, theatre manager and writer. While still a child, he performed on his parents' stage, the Löwinger Bühne. In 1938 they were probably the first theatre ensemble which ...

as Portier Bichler *

Thomas Hörbiger Thomas Hörbiger (1931–2011) was a German film actor and lyricist. He was the son of the actor Paul Hörbiger. His daughter is the actress Mavie Hörbiger. Hörbiger co-wrote Austria's winning entry at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which wa ...

as Willi *

C.W. Fernbach C.W. Fernbach (1915–1967) was an Austrian actor. He was married to the actress Dany Sigel. Selected filmography * ''The Immortal Face'' (1947) * ''Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love'' (1955) * ''Espionage'' (1955) * '' The Congress Dances'' (19 ...

as Offizier *

Raoul Retzer Raoul Retzer (1919–1974) was an Austrian actor. Retzer was a prolific film actor appearing in more than a hundred and forty productions between 1952 and 1975 generally in small or supporting roles. He appeared in the 1955 film '' The Last Ten Da ...

as Kriminalkommissär * Hans Moser as Portier Rienössl

References

Bibliography

* Jennifer M. Kapczynski & Michael D. Richardson. ''A New History of German Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2014.

External links

* 1956 films 1950s historical comedy-drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Franz Antel Films set in the 1900s Films scored by Hans Lang Austrian historical comedy-drama films {{Austria-film-stub