Oh... Rosalinda!!
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| Directed by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
| Produced by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
| Written by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
| Starring | Michael Redgrave Mel Ferrer Anthony Quayle Ludmilla Tchérina Anton Walbrook |
| Music by | Johann Strauss (music) Dennis Arundell (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
| Editing by | Reginald Mills |
| Distributed by | Associated British–Pathé |
| Release date(s) | 15 November 1955 (UK trade) 2 January 1956 (UK) |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) is a film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars Michael Redgrave, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, dancer Ludmilla Tchérina and Anton Walbrook and features Dennis Price.
The film is based on the operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Johann Strauss, but updated to take place in post-war Vienna as occupied by the four Allied powers: the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the U.S.S.R. The music, played by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under conductor Alois Melichar,[1] has new lyrics by Dennis Arundell, and professional singers dubbed for some of the actors. The choreography is by Alfred Rodrigues, and the production was designed by Hein Heckroth.
Oh... Rosalinda!! is a light-hearted Technicolor romp that makes full use of the new CinemaScope process, and is not just a film of a staged production but a filmic operetta.
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[edit] Plot
In postwar Vienna, a playboy American officer, Capt. Alfred Westerman (Mel Ferrer), plays a practical joke on British Colonel Eisenstein (Michael Redgrave) and his flirtatious wife Rosalinda (Ludmilla Tcherina) at a masked ball.[2][3][4]
[edit] Cast
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Cast notes:
- Roy Kinnear is listed in the cast, but no role is specified.[5][6][7]
[edit] Production
Oh... Rosalinda was filmed at Elstree Studios in Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire and on location in London.[8]
Powell and Pressburger had suffered through four box office disappointments in a row before this film, which is one reason that Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Orson Welles were approached about playing the roles of Alfred, Eisenstein and Orlovsky – however Oh... Rosalinda!! was not commercially successful.[9]
[edit] Notes
- ^ TCM Music
- ^ TCM Overview
- ^ Erickson, Hal Plot synopsis (Allmovie)
- ^ IMDB Plot summary
- ^ Oh... Rosalinda!! at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ TCM Full credits
- ^ Allmovie Cast
- ^ IMDB Filming locations
- ^ Angelini, Sergio Oh...Rosalinda!! (BFI Screen Online)
[edit] External links
- Oh... Rosalinda!! reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages
- Oh... Rosalinda!! at the Internet Movie Database
- Oh... Rosalinda!! at the TCM Movie Database
- Oh... Rosalinda!! at AllRovi
- Oh... Rosalinda!! at the British Film Institute's Screenonline. Full synopsis and film stills (and clips viewable from UK libraries).
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