''Katharina Knie'' is a
German
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musical
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composed by
Mischa Spoliansky
Mischa Spoliansky (28 December 1898 – 28 June 1985) was a Russian-born composer who made his name writing cabaret and revue songs in the Weimar Republic of the 1920s and early 1930s, before he was forced to emigrate to London in 1933 when Hi ...
with a libretto by
Robert Gilbert. It is based on the 1928 play ''
Katharina Knie'' by
Carl Zuckmayer. It was first performed on 20 January 1957 at the
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in
Munich.
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.
Early life
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appeared in the original production, his final stage role.
Plot
In a small town, the
traveling circus
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclis ...
Knie is devastated by the effects of
inflation. Acrobat Karl Knie asserts himself as a sort of manager, unimpressed with the main attraction of the circus and the circus band. When his daughter Katharina falls in love with a farmer named Roth Acker, a decision has to be made to either continue their lives as wanderers in the circus, or change their way of life completely. Katharina's decision poses challenges to the circus dynasty.
[Katharina Knie http://cirquedeloin.ch/katharina-knie/]
References
Bibliography
* Kosta, Barbara. ''Willing Seduction: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture''. Berghahn Books, 2012.
Musicals by Mischa Spoliansky
1957 musicals
Musicals based on plays
German musicals
Musicals set in circuses
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