''Tango Notturno'' is a 1937 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Fritz Kirchhoff Fritz Kirchhoff (1901–1953) was a German screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. He was a noted director during the Nazi era, directing film such as the anti-British propaganda thriller ''Attack on Baku'' (1942). His 1942 film ...

and starring

Pola Negri Pola Negri (; born Barbara Apolonia Chałupiec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienn ...

, Albrecht Schoenhals, and

Lina Carstens Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden – 22 September 1978 in Munich) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Carl Böhm (art director) and

Erich Czerwonski Erich Czerwonski (1889–1940) was a German art director.Kreimeier p.73 He designed the sets for around a hundred productions during his career. He died in 1940 after being struck by a train during a blackout. Filmography * '' The Black Panther ...

. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of a ...

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. The film made a hit of Pola Negri's rendition of the song "Ich hab' an dich gedacht" (lyrics by Hans-Fritz Beckman, music by Hans-Otto Borgmann) which gave its title to the film.Bogusław Drewniak ''Polen und Deutschland 1919–1939: Wege und Irrwege'' 1939 "Zu einem gewissen Erfolg wurde in der Zeit der großen Tangomanie in Europa „Tango Notturno" (1937) in der Regie von Fritz Kirchoff und mit dem Schlager von Hans Otto Borgmann, der dem Film den Titel gab, in dem Pola Negri wiederum " Negri's role was originally intended for Marlene Dietrich.

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* 1937 films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Fritz Kirchhoff 1937 drama films German drama films Terra Film films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films scored by Hans-Otto Borgmann German-language drama films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub