''Emperor's Ball'' (German:''Kaiserball'') is a 1956 Austrian

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directed by Franz Antel and starring Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack and

Hannelore Bollmann Hannelore Bollmann (born 10 May 1925) is a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films, often in leading roles. Selected filmography * '' King of Hearts'' (1947) * ''Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949) * '' Love on Ice'' (1950) * '' Holiday Fr ...

. The film is part of a cycle of films set during the old

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.Kapczynski & Richardson p.122 It was shot in

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with sets designed by Otto Pischinger.

Cast

* Sonja Ziemann as Franzi * Rudolf Prack as Reichsgraf Georg von Hohenegg *

as Prinzessin Christine * Maria Andergast as Fürstin zu Schenckenberg * Jane Tilden as Gräfin Reichenbach *

Ilse Peternell Ilse Peternell (2 December 1928 – 30 April 2011) was an Austrian actress who appeared in more than forty films during her career. During the 1940s and 1950 she played female leads in films such as ''Winter Melody'' (1947). She gradually switch ...

as Direktrice *

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as Graf Baranyi *

Hans Olden Hans Olden (1892–1975) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Olden appeared in more than eighty films during his career, mostly in Austria but occasionally also in Germany. He was a supporter of the Austrian Nazi Party, his interest in Nazism ...

as Erzherzog Benedikt * Rolf Olsen as Jean Müller * Paul Löwinger as Portier Bichler *

Thomas Hörbiger Thomas Hörbiger (1931–2011) was a German film actor and lyricist. He was the son of the actor Paul Hörbiger. His daughter is the actress Mavie Hörbiger. Hörbiger co-wrote Austria's winning entry at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, whic ...

as Willi * C.W. Fernbach as Offizier *

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as Kriminalkommissär * Hans Moser as Portier Rienössl

References

Bibliography

* Jennifer M. Kapczynski & Michael D. Richardson. ''A New History of German Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2014.

External links

* 1956 films 1950s historical comedy-drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Franz Antel Films set in the 1900s Films scored by Hans Lang Austrian historical comedy-drama films {{Austria-film-stub