''My Heart Is Calling You'' (French: ''Mon coeur t'appelle'') is the 1934 French version of a German

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directed by Carmine Gallone and

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, written by Ernst Marischka, produced by Arnold Pressburger. The film stars Jan Kiepura, Danielle Darrieux and Lucien Baroux. The music score is by Robert Stolz. Its English ('' My Heart is Calling'') and German language (''

My Heart Calls You ''My Heart Calls You'' (german: Mein Herz ruft nach dir) is a 1934 German musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jan Kiepura, Mártha Eggerth and Paul Kemp. Von Dassanowsky p.80 Separate English-language (''My Heart is Calling'' ...

'') versions were filmed simultaneously with different cast members,

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playing Danielle Darrieux's role. The film's sets were designed by the

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and Werner Schlichting. It tells the story of a female tenor singer who ends up triumphing to the opera of Paris.

Cast

* Jan Kiepura as Mario Delmonti * Danielle Darrieux as Nicole Nadin * Lucien Baroux as Rosé - le directeur *

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as Coq *

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as Arvelle - le directeur de l'Opéra *

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as La directrice du salon de modes *

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as Margot *

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as Vera Valetti * André Gabriello as Favrolles * Edouard Hamel * Hermant *

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as Casserole * Pierre Piérade * Paul Kemp as Homme dans le casino

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

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