Fanny Elssler (1937 film)

Fanny Elssler
Directed by	Paul Martin
Written by	Eva Leidmann Paul Martin
Produced by	Max Pfeiffer
Starring	Lilian Harvey Rolf Moebius Willy Birgel
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Kurt Schröder
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	4 November 1937 (1937-11-04)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Fanny Elssler (German: Fanny Elßler) is a 1937 German historical drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Rolf Moebius, and Willy Birgel. It was loosely based on the life of the dancer Fanny Elssler.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios with location filming in Vienna.

Cast

• Lilian Harvey as Fanny Elssler
• Rolf Moebius as Duke of Reichstadt
• Willy Birgel as Hofrat Friedrich Gentz
• Paul Hoffmann as Metternich
• Liselotte Schaak as Therese Elssler, Fanny's sister
• Ernst Karchow as Dietrichstein
• Walter Werner as The Maestro Foresti
• Ernst Sattler as Kammerdiener Lindner
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Polizeipräfekt
• Werner Kepich as Französischer Revolutionär
• Hubert I. Stowitts as Der Prinz im Ballett
• Erwin Biegel
• Johannes Bergfeldt
• Angelo Ferrari
• André Saint-Germain
• Kurt Lenz
• Ruth Nimbach
• Anna von Palen
• Paul Rehkopf
• Bruno Ziener
• Wolf Dietrich
• Ulli Friese
• Charlie Albert Huber

Bibliography

• Ascheid, Antje (2010) [2003]. Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-843-2.

External links

• Fanny Elssler at IMDb