The Bohemian Dancer (1926 Film)
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''The Bohemian Dancer'' (german: Die Försterchristl) is a 1926
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silent drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Harry Liedtke, and William Dieterle. It premiered in Berlin on 5 March 1926.Grange p. 220 It is based on the operetta 1907 ''
Die Försterchristl Die Försterchristl (also ''Die Försterchristel'') is an operetta in three acts by Georg Jarno to a libretto by Bernhard Buchbinder. It premiered on 17 December 1907 at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. Three years later, its English ver ...
'' composed by
Georg Jarno Georg Jarno (3 June 1868, in Buda – 25 May 1920, in Breslau) was a Hungarian composer, mainly of operettas. Biography After he finished his studies in Budapest, he worked as Theaterkapellmeister in Bremen, Gera, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Metz, ...
with a
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by
Bernhard Buchbinder Bernhard Ludwig Buchbinder (7 July or 20 September 1849 – 24 June 1922), pseudonym ''Gustav Klinger'', was an Austro-Hungarian actor, journalist and writer. His best-known operetta libretto remains '' Die Försterchristl''. Career Buchbinder ...
. It was shot at the
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in Berlin. The film's
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was by Gustav A. Knauer and
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who designed the sets. The film is set in Vienna and Hungary during the 18th century.


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* 1926 films 1920s historical drama films German historical drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Frederic Zelnik Films based on operettas Films set in Hungary Films set in Vienna Films set in the 1760s Films about royalty German black-and-white films 1926 drama films Silent drama films 1920s German films Films shot at Staaken Studios {{Germany-silent-film-stub