''Wedding Night in Paradise'' (German: ''Hochzeitsnacht im Paradis'') is an

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in eight scenes. Book by

Heinz Hentschke Heinz Hentschke (born 20 February 1895 in Berlin, Germany; died 3 July 1970 in Berlin) was an actor, director and librettist of German-language operettas. Hentschke started out as a theatrical actor working mainly in Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg. ...

, lyrics by

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and music by

Friedrich Schröder Friedrich Schröder (6 August 1910 – 25 September 1972) was a Swiss composer of what could be referred to as light music. Career Born in Näfels, Switzerland, Schröder studied music in Stuttgart, Münster, and Berlin. Already in those ea ...

.Meyer-Dinkgrafe p.22 It was premièred in

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at the Metropol Theater on September 24, 1942. It was filmed several times in German and several other languages.

Adaptations

* ''

Wedding Night In Paradise ''Wedding Night in Paradise'' (German: ''Hochzeitsnacht im Paradis'') is an operetta in eight scenes. Book by Heinz Hentschke, lyrics by Gunther Schwenn and music by Friedrich Schröder.Meyer-Dinkgrafe p.22 It was premièred in Berlin at the M ...

'', a 1950 West German film directed by

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* ''

'', a 1962 Austrian film directed by

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References

Bibliography

* Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe. ''Boulevard Comedy Theatre in Germany''. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. {{German-opera-stub 1942 operas German-language operettas