''Flowers from Nice'' (German: ''Blumen aus Nizza'') is a 1936 Austrian
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comedy film
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directed by
Augusto Genina
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Biography
Born in Rome, Genina was a drama critic and wrote comedies for the ''Il Mondo'' Magazine, under advise of Aldo ...
and starring
Erna Sack
Erna Dorothea Luise Sack (née Weber; 6 February 18982 March 1972) was a German coloratura soprano, known as the German Nightingale for her high vocal range.
Biography
Erna Weber was born in Spandau, Berlin. As a child, her voice attracted attent ...
,
Friedl Czepa
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and
Karl Schönböck
Karl Schönböck (4 February 1909 in Vienna – 24 March 2001 in Munich) was an Austrian actor.Rosenhügel Studios
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in
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Nice
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on the
French Riviera
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. The film's sets were designed by
art director
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s
Emil Stepanek
Emil Stepanek (21 February 1895 – 12 April 1945) was an Austrian set designer and film architect.
Biography
Stepanek was born in Vienna, the son of a carpenter, and received a training in stage set construction, in which he worked for severa ...
and
Julius von Borsody
Julius von Borsody (8 April 1892 in Vienna – 18 January 1960, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film architect and one of the most employed set designers in the Austrian and German cinemas of the late silent and early sound film periods. His yo ...
. The film premiered in
Vienna
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in September 1936. In 1939 it was screened in the
United States
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.
The film is currently held at
the Library of Congress
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.
Cast
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Erna Sack
Erna Dorothea Luise Sack (née Weber; 6 February 18982 March 1972) was a German coloratura soprano, known as the German Nightingale for her high vocal range.
Biography
Erna Weber was born in Spandau, Berlin. As a child, her voice attracted attent ...
as Maria Castoldi
*
Friedl Czepa
Friedl Czepa (1898–1973) was an Austrian stage, film and television actress. Czepa made her film debut in 1935, and went on to appear in roughly thirty cinema and television films during her career. Along with Oskar Sima, Fred Hennings and Len ...
as Lisette
*
Karl Schönböck
Karl Schönböck (4 February 1909 in Vienna – 24 March 2001 in Munich) was an Austrian actor.Paul Kemp as Rudi Hofer
*
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 Christl Niedermeyer
*
Hans Homma
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Filmography Actor
* ''Queen Draga'' (1920) - Dr. White
* '' The Hands of O ...
Alfred Neugebauer
Alfred Neugebauer (24 December 1888 – 14 September 1957) was an Austrian film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Money in the Streets'' (1922)
* ''Money on the Street'' (1930)
* '' Madame Bluebeard'' (1931)
* '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931)
* ...
as Chapelet
* Anda Bori as Florence
References
Bibliography
* Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942''. McFarland & Company, 2008.