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''Operetta'' () is a 1940
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musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...
directed by
Willi Forst Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German language, German-speaking film audiences, as ...
and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by
Wien-Film Wien-Film GmbH ("Vienna Film Limited") was a large Austrian film company, which in 1938 succeeded the Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG (Sascha Film Company) and lasted until 1985. Until 1945 the business was owned by the Cautio Trust Company (''Cauti ...
, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938
Anschluss The (, or , ), also known as the (, ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a "German Question, Greater Germany") arose after t ...
. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by '' Vienna Blood'' (1942) and ''
Viennese Girls ''Viennese Girls'' (German: ''Wiener Mädeln'') is a 1945 historical musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Anton Edthofer and Judith Holzmeister. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had ...
'' (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city.Hake p. 163 It is both an
operetta film Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but not exclusive to, German language cinema. The genre began in the late 1920s, but its roots stretch back into the tradition of nineteenth century Viennese ope ...
and a Wiener Film.


Cast

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Willi Forst Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German language, German-speaking film audiences, as ...
as Franz Jauner * Maria Holst as Marie Geistinger * Dora Komar as Emmi Krall, Jauner's wife *
Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrians, Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the ...
as Alexander Girardi * Leo Slezak as
Franz von Suppé Franz von Suppé, born Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppé (18 April 181921 May 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas and other theatre music. He came from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of Croatia). A c ...
* Edmund Schellhammer as
Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (; ; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (), was an List of Austrian composers, Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well ...
*
Curd Jürgens Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in ''Des Teufels Gener ...
as Karl Millöcker * Siegfried Breuer as Fürst Hohenburg *
Gustav Waldau Gustav Waldau (27 February 1871 – 25 May 1958) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1915) * '' In Thrall to the Claw'' (1921) * '' The Wr ...
as Ferdinand, Emmi's teacher * Theodor Danegger as Tundler * Trude Marlen as Antonie Link * Viktor Heim as Hans Makart *
Alfred Neugebauer Alfred Neugebauer (24 December 1888 – 14 September 1957) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Money in the Streets'' (1922) * ''Money on the Street'' (1930) * '' Madame Bluebeard'' (1931) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * ...
as Count Esterhazy * Heinz Woester as Prof. Dr. Eichgraber * as Dr. Molzer, lawyer * Gisa Wurm as Frau Bramezberger * Wilhelm Leicht as theatre director in Krems * Fred Hülgerth as tenor Czika * Lia Bayer * Franz Borsos * Lorenz Corvinus * Hans Fetscherin * Pepi Glöckner-Kramer * Hansi Koller * Hill Larsen * Klaus Pohl * Oskar Pouché * Ernst Reitter * Johannes Roth *
Louis Soldan Louis Soldan (19 March 1920 – 25 April 1971) was an Austrian actor. Biography Louis Soldan was the son of the shoe manufacturer Alois Soldan. After middle school, he trained as an actor at the Drama Seminar of ''Dr. Beer''. Soldan appear ...
* Josef Stiegler * Agnes Tassopulos * Oskar Wegrostek


References


Bibliography

* Hake, Sabine. ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich''. University of Texas Press, 2001.


External links

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''Operette''
Full movie at the Deutsche Filmothek 1940 films Films of Nazi Germany German historical musical films 1940s historical musical films Operetta films Films set in Vienna Films set in the 19th century Films directed by Willi Forst Austrian historical musical films German black-and-white films 1940s German-language films 1940s German films Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner {{historic-musical-film-stub