''Santa Lucia'' is a 1956
West German
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musical
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* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
comedy film
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directed by
Werner Jacobs
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Selected ...
and starring
Vico Torriani
Vico Torriani (September 21, 1920 in Geneva as Ludovico Oxens Torriani – February 25, 1998 in Agno, Ticino) was a Swiss actor and '' Schlager'' singer.
Life
Born in Geneva to a family of Lombard origin, Torriani grew up in St. Moritz where ...
,
Eva Kerbler
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Selected filmography
* '' Starfish'' (1952)
* '' Hannerl'' (1952)
* ''Cabaret'' (1954)
* ''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel
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and
Peer Schmidt
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.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Hans Berthel
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. It was shot using
Eastmancolor
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.
Cast
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Vico Torriani
Vico Torriani (September 21, 1920 in Geneva as Ludovico Oxens Torriani – February 25, 1998 in Agno, Ticino) was a Swiss actor and '' Schlager'' singer.
Life
Born in Geneva to a family of Lombard origin, Torriani grew up in St. Moritz where ...
as Mario Zorzoli
*
Eva Kerbler
Eva Kerbler (born 1933) is an Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Starfish'' (1952)
* '' Hannerl'' (1952)
* ''Cabaret'' (1954)
* ''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel
''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel'' (german: Columbus entdeckt Krähwinkel) ...
as Yvonne von Fouqué
*
Peer Schmidt
Peer Eugen Georg Schmidt (11 March 1926; Erfurt, Weimar Germany – 8 May 2010; Berlin) was a German actor who specialized in films, television and dubbing. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean-Paul Bel ...
as Aristide
*
Karin Dor
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as Manina
*
Alexander Golling
Alexander Golling (August 2, 1905 – February 26, 1989) was a German actor. Golling was a member of the Nazi Party.Hervé Dumont, ''Robert Siodmak: le maître du film noir'', L'Age D'Homme, 1981, p. 294
Selected filmography
* ''Der stählerne ...
as Bärtiger
*
Hubert von Meyerinck
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Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858†...
as Tutu
*
Heinz-Leo Fischer
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as Vittorio
*
Margarete Haagen
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as Clementine
*
Edith Schultze-Westrum
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as Tante Rosa
*
Shirley Brown
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Brown was born in West Memphis, but ...
as Gina
*Peter Fischer as Peppino
References
External links
*
1956 musical comedy films
German musical comedy films
West German films
Films directed by Werner Jacobs
Films about singers
Films set in Italy
Films set in France
Gloria Film films
1950s German films
1950s German-language films
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