''The World's in Love'' (German: ''Die ganze Welt dreht sich um Liebe'') is a 1935 Austrian
comedy film
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directed by
Viktor Tourjansky
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Arts and entertainment
Film
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and starring
Mártha Eggerth,
Leo Slezak
Leo Slezak (; 18 August 1873 – 1 June 1946) was a Moravian dramatic tenor. He was associated in particular with Austrian opera as well as the title role in Verdi's '' Otello''. He is the father of actors Walter Slezak and Margarete Slezak a ...
and
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).
Life and career
Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...
. It is based on the operetta ''
Clo-Clo''.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Julius von Borsody
Julius von Borsody (8 April 1892 in Vienna – 18 January 1960, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film architect and one of the most employed set designers in the Austrian and German cinemas of the late silent and early sound film periods. His yo ...
. It was remade in Britain the following year as ''
Dreams Come True''.
Cast
Critical reception
Writing for ''
The Spectator
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'' in 1936,
Graham Greene
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gave the film a neutral review, describing it as a "devastatingly gay film". Greene praised the comedic interplay between Leo Slezak and Hans Moser, however he designed to praise Mártha Eggerth for her performance explaining that he had a peculiar antipathy toward her acting.
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See also
* ''
Dreams Come True'' (1936)
References
Bibliography
* Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.
External links
*
1935 films
1935 musical comedy films
Austrian musical comedy films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Victor Tourjansky
Films based on operettas
Operetta films
Austrian black-and-white films
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