The Csardas King

The Csardas King
Directed by	Harald Philipp
Written by	Helmuth M. Backhaus Janne Furch Harald Philipp Curt Riess Leo Stein Hans Wilhelm
Produced by	Artur Brauner
Starring	Gerhard Riedmann Rudolf Schock Elma Karlowa
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by	Johanna Meisel
Music by	Emmerich Kalman
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	15 August 1958
Running time	96 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Csardas King (German: Der Czardas-König) is a 1958 West German musical film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Rudolf Schock and Elma Karlowa. It is a biopic of the life of the Hungarian operetta composer Emmerich Kalman.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Helmut Nentwig and Heinrich Weidemann. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Budapest. It was made in Eastmancolor.

Cast

• Gerhard Riedmann as Emmerich Kalman / Imre Kalman
• Rudolf Schock as Janos
• Elma Karlowa as Ilonka
• Sabine Bethmann as Helene
• Marina Orschel as Vera
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Szegedy
• Richard Häussler as Graf Riedern
• Camilla Spira as Frau Kalman
• Richard Allan as Stefan
• Monika Dahlberg as Rozsi
• Alice Treff as Countess Tabory
• Béla Pásztor as Bela, Zigeunerprimas
• Maly Delschaft as Hauswirtin
• Gerd Frickhöffer
• Kurt Waitzmann as Kriektor Karscak

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Csardas King at IMDb