''Grand Duchess Alexandra'' (German: ''Großfürstin Alexandra'') is a 1933 Austrian

operetta film 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 ope ...

directed by

Wilhelm Thiele Wilhelm Thiele (1890–1975) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He directed over 40 films between 1921 and 1960. Life and career Thiele started his show career as a stage actor. He got his start in Austrian and German film during t ...

and starring Maria Jeritza, Paul Hartmann and

Leo Slezak Leo Slezak (; 18 August 1873 – 1 June 1946) was a Moravian dramatic tenor. He was associated in particular with Austrian opera as well as the title role in Verdi's ''Otello''. He is the father of actors Walter Slezak and Margarete Slezak and ...

.Halperin p.242 It is based on Franz Lehár's operetta of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Artur Berger Artur Semyonovich Berger (german: Arthur Berger, russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер; 27 May 1892 – 11 January 1981) was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, during ...

Cast

* Maria Jeritza as Großfürstin Alexandra * Paul Hartmann as Großfürst Michael *

as Fürst Nikolai * Johannes Riemann as Martin Werner - Kapelmeister der Wiener Oper *

S.Z. Sakall Szőke Szakáll (born Jakab Grünwald, akas: Gärtner Sándor and Gerő Jenő; February 2, 1883 February 12, 1955), known in the English-speaking world as S. Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian-American stage and film character actor. He appeared in m ...

as Dimitri, Chefkoch im Hause der Großfürstin *

Hans Marr Hans Marr (born Johann Julius Richter; 22 July 1878 – 21 March 1949) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Black Hand'' (1917) * ''The Wandering Image'' (1920) * ''The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen'' (1920) * '' Steuermann Holk'' ...

as Großfürst Konstantin *

Hans Hübner Hans Hübner (13 October 1837, in Düsseldorf – 4 July 1884, in Göttingen) was a German chemist. He was the son of painter Julius Hübner (1806–1882). He studied chemistry at the University of Göttingen, receiving his doctorate in 1859 with ...

as Fürst Schirbatoff * Ernst Pröckl as Der rote Grenzpolizist mit Dimitri * Georg Antschart * Karl Armbruster *

Inge List Inge List (1916–2003) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Von Dassanowsky p.394 Selected filmography * '' Grand Duchess Alexandra'' (1933) * '' Princess Turandot'' (1934) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * ''Mazurka'' (1935) * ''The Empero ...

as Mädchen das in der Oper vorsingen will * Alexander Netschipor as Sänger *

Johannes Roth Johannes Rudolf Roth (September 4, 1815 – June 26, 1858) was a German zoologist and traveler. Biography Roth was born in Nuremberg to Karl Johann Friedrich von Roth, president of the Bavarian Supreme Consistory (''Oberkonsistorialpräsident ...

as Der Knecht am Gut Litauen *

Wolfgang Staudte Wolfgang Staudte (9 October 1906 – 19 January 1984), born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken. After 1945, Staudte also looked at German guilt in the cinema. Alongside He ...

as Einer der Flüchtlinge vor den Roten *

Gisa Wurm Gisa Wurm (8 October 1885 – 10 August 1957) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Giesen p.208 Selected filmography * '' Grand Duchess Alexandra'' (1933) * '' Harvest'' (1936) * ''Mirror of Life'' (1938) * '' My Daughter Lives in Vienna'' (194 ...

as Die Wirtschafterin bei Kapelmeister Werner

References

Bibliography

* Liora R. Halperin. ''Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948''. Yale University Press, 2014.

External links

* 1933 films 1933 musical films Austrian musical films Operetta films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Wilhelm Thiele Films set in Russia Films set in Vienna Films set in the 1910s American black-and-white films {{musical-film-stub