''Melody of Love'' (german: Melodie der Liebe) is a 1932
German
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operetta film
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directed by
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
, bfi.org.uk; accessed ...
and starring
Richard Tauber
Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor and film actor.
Early life
Richard Tauber was born in Linz, Austria, to Elisabeth Seifferth (née Denemy), a widow and an actress who played soubrette roles at the local theat ...
,
Petra Unkel
Petra Unkel (3 March 1925 – 2001), also known as Petra Unkel-Klinder, was a Hungarian-born actress of German film, singer, voice actress, radio spokesperson and cabaret artist, who was active in the industry from 1929 until 1958.
Life and car ...
and
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 ...
. It was shot at the
Johannisthal Studios
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in
Berlin
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with sets designed by the
art director
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Max Heilbronner
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Selected filmography
* ''The Path to God'' (1924)
* ''Written in the Stars (film), Written in the Stars'' (1925)
* ''Hunted People (1926 film), Hunted People'' (1926)
* ''How Do ...
. It premiered on 24 April 1932.
It is also known in English by the
alternative title
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''Right to Happiness''.
Cast
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Richard Tauber
Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor and film actor.
Early life
Richard Tauber was born in Linz, Austria, to Elisabeth Seifferth (née Denemy), a widow and an actress who played soubrette roles at the local theat ...
as R. Hoffmann, chamber singer
*
Petra Unkel
Petra Unkel (3 March 1925 – 2001), also known as Petra Unkel-Klinder, was a Hungarian-born actress of German film, singer, voice actress, radio spokesperson and cabaret artist, who was active in the industry from 1929 until 1958.
Life and car ...
as Gloria Hoffmann
*
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 ...
as Bernhard
*
Lien Deyers
Lien Deyers (formerly Nicolina Dijjers Spanier, born Nicolina Spanier; 5 November 1909 – after March 1982) was a Dutch actress based in Germany.
Early life
Lien Deyers was born Nicolina Spanier in Amsterdam on 5 November 1909, the daughter of N ...
as Escha
*
Alice Treff
Alice Martha Treff (4 June 1906 – 8 February 2003) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1932 and 2001. She was born and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' ...
as Lilli
*
Grete Natzler
Grete Natzler (19 June 1906 – 10 June 1999) was an Austrian actress and operatic soprano. Born in
Vienna, she was the daughter of actress Lilli Meißner and actor and opera singer Leopold Natzler (1860–1926). Two of her younger sisters we ...
as Hella
*
Anton Walbrook
Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück (19 November 18969 August 1967) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left in 1936 out of concerns for his ...
as bandmaster
*
Karl Etlinger
Karl Etlinger (16 October 1879 – 8 May 1946) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1946.
Selected filmography
* '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921)
* ''The Poisoned Stream'' (1921)
* '' The Films of Princ ...
as Lilli's father
*
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 Lilli's mother
*Miss Berley as nurse
*
Angelo Ferrari
Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema.
Selected filmography
* ''The Nude Woman'' (1922)
* ''The Green Manuela'' (1923)
* ''Samson'' (1923)
* '' The Faces of Love'' (1924)
* ''Pr ...
as Lilli's friend
*Die Parkers as four bar singers
*
Greta Keller
Margaretha "Greta" Keller (8 February 1903 - 11 November 1977) was an Austrian and American cabaret singer and actress, who worked in some Hollywood movies and television dramas.
Early years
Born Margaretha Keller in Vienna, Austria, she studie ...
as singer
References
Bibliography
* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
External links
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Films of the Weimar Republic
1932 musical films
German musical films
Operetta films
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
Films about singers
German black-and-white films
1930s German films
Films shot at Johannisthal Studios
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