''The Angel with the Trumpet'' (German: ''Der Engel mit der Posaune'') is a 1948 Austrian historical

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directed by Karl Hartl and starring Paula Wessely,

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and

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.Fritsche p.232 It is based on the novel of the same name by

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. The film was remade in Britain in 1950, under the same title. It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Niedermoser and Walter Schmiedel.

Plot

Family Saga set in Vienna through the Late 19th Century to 1945 post-war period. Henriette Stein the daughter of a Jewish Academic has been having an affair with Crown Prince Rudolf, an affair she ends to marry Franz Alt Head of a Piano manufacturing firm, Her marriage takes place the same day as Crown Prince Rudolf's suicide in Mayerling who sents her a farewell note, years pass by and even with children now she's tempted by another man, what will she do? And especially what will become of her when the Nazis rise to power in Austria?

Cast

* Paula Wessely as Henriette Stein *

as Gretel Paskiewicz, geb. Alt *

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as Sophie Alt * Alma Seidler as Pauline Drauffen, geb. Alt *

as Selma Rosner *

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as Fürstin Pauline Metternich * Erni Mangold as Martha Monica Alt * Attila Hörbiger as Franz Alt *

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as Otto Eberhard Alt *

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as Hans Alt *

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as Hermann Alt * Fred Liewehr as Kronprinz Rudolf *

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as Graf Leopold Thraun * Anton Edthofer as Kaiser Franz Josef * Gustav Waldau as Simmerl * Karl Günther as Oberst Paskiewicz * Hermann Erhardt as Josef Drauffen * Alfred Neugebauer as Kriminalbeamter * Karl Paryla as Czerny *

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as Franz Alt jr.

References

Bibliography

* Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

* 1948 films 1940s German-language films Films based on Austrian novels Films set in Vienna Films set in the 1880s Films set in the 1890s Films set in the 1900s Films set in the 1910s Films set in the 1920s Films set in the 1930s Austrian historical drama films 1940s historical drama films Films shot at Rosenhügel Studios Austrian black-and-white films 1948 drama films {{1940s-drama-film-stub