''The Dubarry'' (german: Die Dubarry) is a 1951 German

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directed by

Georg Wildhagen Georg Wildhagen (15 September 1920 – 2 December 1990)Walter Habel (ed.): ''Wildhagen, Georg'', in: '' Wer ist wer? Das deutsche Who’s Who'', vol. 15, Berlin: Arani-Verlag, 1967, p. 2178 u.ö.previewat Google Books was a German screenwriter and ...

and

Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...

and starring

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Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch (27 January 1901 – 13 July 1973) was a German theater and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s. Biography Early life He was born Wilhelm Egon Fritz Fritsch, the only s ...

and

Albert Lieven Albert Lieven (born Albert Fritz Liévin; 22 June 1906 – 22 December 1971) was a German actor. Early life Lieven was born in Hohenstein, East Prussia (Olszynek, Poland). His father was the head physician of the Tuberculosis sanatorium H ...

. It is named after the operetta ''

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'', but uses the work only as a background.Gänzl p.546It was made at the

Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for constr ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * ''Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * ''The Maharaja ...

and

Heinrich Weidemann Heinrich Weidemann (1899–1982) was a German art director.Lowe p.179 Selected filmography * '' The Gambler'' (1938) * '' The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941) * '' Ghost in the Castle'' (1947) * '' The Trip to Marrakesh'' (1949) * '' Scandal at the ...

Cast

as Jeanne Fabiani / Madame Dubarry *

as Louis Valmont *

as Alfred Collien * Walter Müller as Cäsar Schnepf *

Eva Ingeborg Scholz Eva Ingeborg Scholz (16 February 1928 – 21 March 2022) was a German film and television actress. Biography Eva Ingeborg Scholz made her debut in the title role of the 1948 film ''1-2-3 Corona'' and appeared regularly in films over the follow ...

as Kitty Lenz *

Inge Meysel Inge Meysel (; 30 May 1910 – 10 July 2004) was a German actress. From the early 1960s until her death, Meysel was one of Germany's most popular actresses. She had a successful stage career and played more than 100 roles in film and on televisio ...

as Charlotte Adrian, Pensionsinhaberin *

Loni Heuser Loni Heuser (January 22, 1908 in Düsseldorf – March 6, 1999 in Berlin) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * ''Liebe in Uniform'' (1932) * '' The Hour of Temptation'' (1936) - Barsängerin * ''Abenteuer im Grandhotel'' (1943) - He ...

as Lola Violetta *

Madelon Truß Madelon may refer to: Given name: * Madelon Baans (born 1977), retired breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, competed in three Summer Olympics * Madelon Lubin Finkel, Professor of Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medica ...

as Fifi, Fotomodell * Lorley Katz *

Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858� ...

as Stranitzky, Schmierendirektor *

Ernst Waldow Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) *''The Green Domino'' (1935 ...

as Erban, Theaterdirektor *

Fritz Imhoff Fritz Imhoff, real name: Friedrich Arnold Heinrich Jeschke (January 6, 1891, Alsergrund February 24, 1961, Wieden) was an Austrian actor. He was a brother of the Wienerlied composer (18901962). Selected filmography * '' Daughter of the Regi ...

as Schaubitzer, Theateragent *

Carl-Heinz Schroth Carl-Heinz Schroth (29 June 1902 – 19 July 1989) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1989. He also directed seven films between 1953 and 1963. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Else Ruttershei ...

as Scharlakan *

Helmuth Rudolph Helmuth Rudolph (1900–1971) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1934) * '' Blum Affair'' (1948) * '' Blocked Signals'' (1948) * ''Love '47'' (1949) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * ''Don' ...

as Dr. Steffens, Kritiker * Hans Heinz Bollmann as Orgass, Agent *

Joachim Teege Joachim Teege (November 30, 1925 – November 19, 1969) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''The Adventures of Fridolin'' (1948) - Heini Bock * '' Und wieder 48'' (1948) - Reisender * '' The Staircase'' (1950) - Herbert Ehrke * '' The Merr ...

as Alphonse Meyer, Fotograf * Mathieu Ahlersmeyer as König *

Alexander Hunzinger Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Herbert Ernst Groh Herbert Ernst Groh (27 May 190528 July 1982) was a Swiss tenor. Groh was born in Lucerne and subsequently studied in Zurich and Milan. One of his teachers was Carl Beines, who also taught Richard Tauber. He began his operatic singing career in D ...

References

Bibliography

* Kurt Gänzl. ''The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi''. Schirmer Books, 2001.

External links

* 1951 films 1950s musical drama films German musical drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Georg Wildhagen Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel Films based on operettas Films about singers Cultural depictions of Madame du Barry 1951 drama films German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios {{musical-drama-film-stub