A Love Story (1933 film)

A Love Story
Directed by	Max Ophüls
Written by	André Doderet Arthur Schnitzler (play)
Produced by	Fred Lissa
Starring	Abel Tarride Magda Schneider Simone Héliard
Cinematography	Theodore J. Pahle
Edited by	Paul Salten
Production company	Alma-Sepic
Distributed by	Compagnie Française Cinématographique
Release date	10 March 1933
Running time	82 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

A Love Story (French: Une histoire d'amour) is a 1933 French historical drama film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Abel Tarride, Magda Schneider and Simone Héliard, based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1896 play Liebelei about a musician's daughter in 1890s Imperial Vienna who falls in love with a young army officer, only for him to be killed in a duel.

It is a French-language version of Liebelei with several of the same actors. It was made at the Joinville Studios in Paris.

Cast

• Abel Tarride as Le vieux Weyring, musicien
• Magda Schneider as Christine Weyring
• Simone Héliard as Mizzi Schlager
• Gustaf Gründgens as Baron von Eggersdorf
• Olga Tschechowa as Baronin von Eggersdorf
• George Rigaud as Lieutenant Théodore Berg
• Wolfgang Liebeneiner as Sous-lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer
• Georges Mauloy as Colonel
• Paul Otto as Major von Eggersdorf
• Pierre Stéphen as Binder, musicien
• André Dubosc as Le concierge du théâtre

Bibliography

• Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff. Robert Siodmak: A Biography, with Critical Analyses of His Films Noirs and a Filmography of All His Works. McFarland, 1998.
• White, Susan M. The Cinema of Max Ophuls: Magisterial Vision and the Figure of Woman. Columbia University Press, 1995.

External links

• A Love Story at IMDb