The Bird Seller (1962 film)
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Directed by | Géza von Cziffra |
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Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
Edited by | Werner Preuss |
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Production company | Divina Film |
Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
The Bird Seller (German: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1962 West German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Cornelia Froboess, Peter Weck and Albert Rueprecht.[1]
It is an operetta film, based on the stage work of the same title by Carl Zeller. Several other film adaptations have also been made.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and at Linderhof Palace in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer.
Cast
- Cornelia Froboess as Christel
- Peter Weck as Graf Stanislaus
- Albert Rueprecht as Vogelhändler Adam
- Maria Sebaldt as Kurfürstin Marie-Luise
- Ruth Stephan as Kammerzofe Melanie
- Anita Höfer as Jette Speck
- Rudolf Vogel as Graf Weps
- Georg Thomalla as Kurfürst August
- Oskar Sima as Bürgermeister Speck
- Rudolf Platte as Baron von Weckerli
- Alice Kessler as Colin Sisters
- Ellen Kessler as Colin Sisters
- Franz-Otto Krüger as Kommissar
- Bruno W. Pantel as Bruno
- Ewald Wenck as Josef
See also
- The Bird Seller (1935 film)
- Roses in Tyrol (1940)
- The Bird Seller (1953 film)
- Die Christel von der Post (1956)
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 137
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links
Categories:
- 1962 films
- 1960s musical comedy films
- German musical comedy films
- West German films
- German-language films
- Films directed by Géza von Cziffra
- Films based on operettas
- Operetta films
- Gloria Film films
- German historical comedy films
- 1960s historical comedy films
- 1960s historical musical films
- German historical musical films
- 1962 comedy films
- 1960s German film stubs
- Historical musical film stubs