''The Beggar Student'' is a 1956 (german: Der Bettelstudent) West German
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
directed by
Werner Jacobs
Werner Jacobs (1909–1999) was a German film director and film editor, editor. He was born in Berlin on the 24 April 1909. He is best known for his contributions to Modebummel (1951), Der Stern von Santa Clara (1958) and André und Ursula (1955). ...
and starring
Gerhard Riedmann
Gerhard Riedmann (1925–2004) was an Austrian film actor. He was married to the actress Eva Probst.
Partial filmography
* ''Das andere Leben'' (1948) - (uncredited)
* ''Child of the Danube'' (1950) - Bit Part (uncredited)
* ' (1951) - Max' Freu ...
,
Waltraut Haas
Waltraut Haas (born 9 June 1927) is an Austrian actress and singer.
Born in Vienna, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in Linz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved ...
and
Elma Karlowa
Elma Karlowa (March 12, 1932 – December 31, 1994) was a Yugoslav film and television actress.Fritsche p.255
Selected filmography
* '' Once I Will Return'' (1953)
* '' A Child of the Community'' (1953)
* ''Guitars of Love'' (1954)
* ''Cabaret'' ...
.
BFI.org
/ref> It is based on the operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
''Der Bettelstudent
''Der Bettelstudent'' (''The Beggar Student'') is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker with a German libretto by Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym of F. Zell) and Richard Genée, based on ''Les noces de Fernande'' by Victorien Sardou a ...
'' by Karl Millöcker Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer
* Karl of Austria, last Austri ...
, and is part of the operetta film
Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but not exclusive to, German language cinema. The genre began in the late 1920s, but its roots stretch back into the tradition of nineteenth century Viennese ope ...
tradition. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios
Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film.
History
The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...
and the Carlton Studios in Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
. The film's sets were designed by the art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Felix Smetana
Felix Smetana (1907 – 1968) was a German art director.Fritsche p.259 He designed the sets for many Austrian and German films during the postwar era.
Selected filmography
* ''Wedding in the Hay'' (1951)
* '' Hello Porter'' (1952)
* '' Ideal Wom ...
.
Synopsis
After a Polish aristocrat refuses to marry a Colonel, he manoeuvres to force her to marry a penniless student in revenge.
Cast
* Gerhard Riedmann
Gerhard Riedmann (1925–2004) was an Austrian film actor. He was married to the actress Eva Probst.
Partial filmography
* ''Das andere Leben'' (1948) - (uncredited)
* ''Child of the Danube'' (1950) - Bit Part (uncredited)
* ' (1951) - Max' Freu ...
as Symon Rymanowicz
* Waltraut Haas
Waltraut Haas (born 9 June 1927) is an Austrian actress and singer.
Born in Vienna, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in Linz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved ...
as Komtesse Laura
* Elma Karlowa
Elma Karlowa (March 12, 1932 – December 31, 1994) was a Yugoslav film and television actress.Fritsche p.255
Selected filmography
* '' Once I Will Return'' (1953)
* '' A Child of the Community'' (1953)
* ''Guitars of Love'' (1954)
* ''Cabaret'' ...
as Komtesse Bronislawa
* Gunther Philipp
Gunther Philipp (8 June 1918 – 2 October 2003) was an Austrian film actor, physician and swimmer.
From 1949 to 2002 he appeared as an actor in 147 movies for cinema and television, mainly in comic roles. As an author, Philipp wrote 21 film scr ...
as Jan Janicki
* Gustav Knuth
Gustav Knuth (7 July 1901 – 1 February 1987) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1935 and 1982 and starred in the TV series '' Alle meine Tiere''. He was married to the actress Elisabeth Lennartz.
Selected ...
as Oberst Ollendorf
* Fita Benkhoff
Fita Benkhoff (1 November 1901 – 26 October 1967) was a German actress.
Life
Benkhoff was born in 1901. In the 1920s the actress Louise Dumont separated from her husband. Dumont was attached to a number of young actresses including Benkho ...
as Gräfin Palmatica
* Rudolf Vogel
Rudolf Vogel (born 10 November 1900, Planegg – died 9 August 1967, Munich) was a German film and television actor. He was the father of Peter Vogel, the father-in-law of Austrian actress Gertraud Jesserer and the grandfather of actor-journalis ...
as Enterich
* Alice Kessler
Alice and Ellen Kessler (born 20 August 1936 in Nerchau, Saxony, Germany) are twin entertainers known in Europe, especially Germany and Italy, from the 1950s and 1960s for their singing, dancing, and acting. They are usually credited as the Kessl ...
as Mira
* Ellen Kessler
Alice and Ellen Kessler (born 20 August 1936 in Nerchau, Saxony, Germany) are twin entertainers known in Europe, especially Germany and Italy, from the 1950s and 1960s for their singing, dancing, and acting. They are usually credited as the Kess ...
as Katja
* Dick Price
Richard Price (October 12, 1930 – November 25, 1985) was co-founder of the Esalen Institute in 1962 and a veteran of the Beat Generation. He ran Esalen in Big Sur for many years, sometimes virtually single-handed."Dick's life in the late 1960s ...
as Graf Kaminsky
* Karl Lieffen
Karl Lieffen (17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999), born Karel František Lifka, was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998.
He was born in Ossegg (Osek), Czechoslovakia and atten ...
as Major Wangenheim
* Joost Siedhoff
Joost () was an Internet TV service, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and Kazaa). During 2007–2008 Joost used peer-to-peer TV (P2PTV) technology to distribute content to their Mozilla-based desktop player; in la ...
as Leutnant Schweinitz
* Willem Holsboer
Willem Holsboer (1905–1959) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen & Hobsch p.201
Selected filmography
* '' Comradeship'' (1931)
* '' Peer Gynt'' (1934)
* '' Street Music'' (1936)
* '' People Who Travel'' (1938)
* '' Three Wonderful Days'' (1 ...
* Ulla Torp
* Johannes Buzalski
Johannes Buzalski (1918–1977) was a German film and television actor.Rentschler p.287
Selected filmography
* ''Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949)
* ''Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953)
* ''The Confession of Ina Kahr'' (1954)
* ''Heroism after Hours'' (1955)
...
* Michael Friederichsen
* Adalbert Fuhlrott
* Peter Mühlen
References
External links
*
1956 films
German historical musical films
West German films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Werner Jacobs
Films set in Poland
Films set in the 1700s
Remakes of German films
Operetta films
Films based on operettas
1950s historical musical films
Constantin Film films
1950s German films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
{{historic-musical-film-stub