''My Heart Is Calling You'' (French: ''Mon coeur t'appelle'') is the 1934 French version of a German
musical film
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directed by
Carmine Gallone
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and
Serge Véber
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Selected filmography
* ''A Son from America (1932 film), A Son from America'' (1932 ...
, written by
Ernst Marischka
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, produced by
Arnold Pressburger
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. The film stars
Jan Kiepura
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Life and career
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,
Danielle Darrieux
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and
Lucien Baroux
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. The music score is by
Robert Stolz
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.
Its English (''
My Heart is Calling
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'') and German language (''
My Heart Calls You
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'') versions were filmed simultaneously with different cast members,
Marta Eggerth
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playing Danielle Darrieux's role.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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s
Kurt Herlth
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and
Werner Schlichting
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Sel ...
.
It tells the story of a female tenor singer who ends up triumphing to the opera of Paris.
Cast
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Jan Kiepura
Jan Wiktor Kiepura (May 16, 1902 – August 15, 1966) was a Polish singer (tenor) and actor.
Life and career
Jan Kiepura was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, the son of Miriam (née Neuman), a former professional singer, and Franciszek Kiepura, a b ...
as Mario Delmonti
*
Danielle Darrieux
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as Nicole Nadin
*
Lucien Baroux
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In the field of musical comed ...
as Rosé - le directeur
*
Julien Carette
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Selected filmography
* '' American Love'' (1931)
* ''George and Georgette'' (1934)
* ''My Heart Is ...
as Coq
*
Charles Dechamps
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* 1909: ' ...
as Arvelle - le directeur de l'Opéra
*
Bill Bocket
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Plac ...
*
Jeanne Cheirel
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as La directrice du salon de modes
*
Colette Darfeuil
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as Margot
*
Rolla France as Vera Valetti
*
André Gabriello
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as Favrolles
*
Edouard Hamel
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Hermant
*
Nono Lecorre as Casserole
*
Pierre Piérade
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Selected filmography
* '' Little Lise'' (1930)
* ''American Love'' (1931)
* '' The Indictment'' (1931)
* '' To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932)
* ''Here's Berlin'' (1932)
* ' ...
*
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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''Mon cœur t'appelle''at DvdToile
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1934 films
1934 musical films
French musical films
Films directed by Carmine Gallone
Films produced by Arnold Pressburger
French black-and-white films
French multilingual films
German multilingual films
Gaumont Film Company films
Films set in Paris
German musical films
Cine-Allianz films
German black-and-white films
1934 multilingual films
Films scored by Robert Stolz
1930s French films
1930s German films
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