Operette

Dec 20, 1940

1h 47m

★ 7.0

Overview

A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

Deutsche Forst-Filmproduktion GmbH

Wien-Film

Tobis Film

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Cast

Franz Jauner

Willi Forst

Marie Geistinger

Maria Holst

Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau

Dora Komar

Alexander Girardi

Paul Hörbiger

Franz von Suppé

Leo Slezak

Karl Millöcker

Curd Jürgens

Ferdinand

Gustav Waldau

Johann Strauß

Edmund Schellhammer

Fürst Hohenburg

Siegfried Breuer

Tundler

Theodor Danegger

Antonie Link

Trude Marlen

Hans Makart

Viktor Heim

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