''Frederica'' (german: Friederike) is a 1932 German
historical
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musical
Musical is the adjective of music.
Musical may also refer to:
* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
drama film
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directed by and starring
Mady Christians
Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951) was an Austrian actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period.
Biography
Sh ...
,
Hans-Heinz Bollmann
Hans-Heinz Bollmann (1 December 1889 – 9 July 1974) was a German operatic and operetta singer tenor.
Life and career
Born in Hamburg, Hans-Heinz Bollmann came from an old-established Hamburg merchant family. He actually wanted to become a dent ...
and
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial ...
.
[Waldman p. 26] It is based on the 1928 operetta of the same name by
Franz Lehar which depicts the love affair between
Friederike Brion
Friederike Elisabeth Brion Karl Robert Mandelkow, Bodo Morawe: ''Goethes Briefe''. 2nd edition, vol. 1: ''Briefe der Jahre 1764–1786'' (Hamburg: Christian Wegner, 1968, p. 571. (probably 19 April 1752 – 3 April 1813) was a parson's ...
and the young
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...
.
Cast
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Mady Christians
Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951) was an Austrian actress who had a successful acting career in theatre and film in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period.
Biography
Sh ...
as
Friederike
* Hans-Heinz Bollmann as
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatis ...
*
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial ...
as
Herzog Karl August von Weimar
*
Eduard von Winterstein
Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...
as Hauptmann Knebel
*
Ferdinand Bonn
Ferdinand Bonn (20 December 1861 – 24 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor.
Bonn was born in Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany and died at age 71 in Berlin.
Selected filmography
* ''Svengali'' (1914)
* '' The Silent Mill'' (1914)
* '' ...
as Kaiserlicher Rat Goethe
*
Erika von Wagner as Elisabeth
*
Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor.
Life and work
Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...
as Pfarrer Brion
*
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).
Life and career
Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...
as Magdalena
*
Else Elster
Else Elster (22 February 1910 – 28 March 1998) was a German actress who appeared in over forty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras.
Selected filmography
* '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930)
* '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931)
* '' Victoria and ...
*
Otto Wallburg
Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era.
Wallburg was born Otto Maximilian Wasserzug in Berlin, the son of a Jewis ...
as Ewiger Student Wagner
*
Karl Meixner
Karl Meixner (13 February 1903 – 29 December 1976) was an Austrian film actor.
Partial filmography
* '' Frederica'' (1932)
* ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) - Hofmeister
* '' Hitlerjunge Quex'' (1933) - Wilde
* '' Refugees'' (1933) - Pa ...
*
Adele Sandrock
Adele Sandrock (; born Adele Feldern-Förster; 19 August 1863 – 30 August 1937) was a German-Dutch actress. After a successful theatrical career, she became one of the first German movie stars.
Early life
Sandrock was born in Rotterdam, Net ...
as Madame Schöll
*
Else von Hartmann
Else may refer to:
Places
* Else (Lenne), a river in Germany, tributary to the Lenne
* Else (Werre), a river in Germany, tributary to the Werre
People
* Else (given name)
* Else (surname)
Music
* "Else" (song), a 1999 rock song
* '' The Else'', ...
*
Maria Fein
Maria Arloisia Fein (7 April 1892 – 5 September 1965) was an Austrian actress who became a star of German theatre and film before the rise of the Nazis forced her departure. During her time in Germany she was largely associated with the theatr ...
*
Hedwig Wangel
Hedwig Wangel (1875–1961) was a German stage and film actress.
Life and career
Born as Amalie Pauline Hedwig Simon on September 23, 1875, in Berlin in the German Empire, Hedwig Wangel was the daughter of a music publisher. After studying acting ...
*
Leopold von Ledebur
Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Carmen'' (1918)
* ''The Serenyi'' (1918)
* ''Midnight'' (1918)
* ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919)
* ''The Golden Lie'' (1919)
* '' Th ...
as Goethes Wirt
*
Theo Lingen
Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960.
Life and c ...
as Lachender Herr
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1932 films
1930s biographical films
1930s musical drama films
Cultural depictions of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German biographical drama films
German musical drama films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1930s German-language films
Films set in the 1770s
Operetta films
Films based on operettas
1930s historical musical films
German historical musical films
German black-and-white films
1932 drama films
Films scored by Eduard Künneke
1930s German films
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