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For the 1919 eight-part silent film, see The Mistress of the World.
Mistress of the World
German poster for part 1 of the film
Screenplay by
Based onDie Herrin der Welt
by Karl Figdor[2]
Produced byArtur Brauner[1]
CinematographyRichard Angst
Edited byIra Oberberg[1]
Music byRoman Vlad[1]
Production
companies
  • CCC Filmproduktion GmbH
  • Franco-London-Films S.A.
  • Continental Produzione[1]
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • April 14, 1960 (1960-04-14) (Hamburg)
Countries
  • West Germany
  • France
  • Italy[1]

Mistress of the World (German: Die Herrin der Welt, French: Les mystères d'Angkor, Italian: Il mistero dei tre continenti) is a 1960 German-French-Italian science fiction-spy film remake of the 1919 eight-part silent film The Mistress of the World directed by William Dieterle and starring Martha Hyer and Carlos Thompson.[3] It marked the comeback in his native country of the director William Dieterle after several decades spent in Hollywood.[4] In West Germany, it was released in a longer version split in two parts (Die Herrin der Welt - Teil I and Die Herrin der Welt - Teil II).[4]

Plot

Cast

Production

Mistress of the World was developed when producer Artur Brauner invested in a three-hour West German-French-Italian co-production.[5] Brauner contracted William Dieterle to direct the film.[5] The film was made with a predominantly German crew, but with a multi-national cast including Martha Hyer and Sabu from Hollywood, Carlos Thompson from Argentina and Gino Cervi from Italy, and Micheline Presle and Lino Ventura from France.[5]

The film was shot between September 1959 and January 1960.[6] The film shot around the world, including Macau, Angkor, Nice, Hong Kong, Naples, Nepal, Sweden, Bangkok and the Spandau Studios in Berlin.[6] While filming in Indochina, Dieterle left the production leaving cinematographer Richard Angst to take over directing.[5]

Release

The first part of Mistress of the World was released in Hamburg on April 14, 1960.[7] The second part was released on April 26, 1960.[8]

Reception

The film was not received well by critics in West Germany on its release.[5]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Herrin der Welt". Filmportal.de. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Ashkenazi 2012, p. 116.
  3. ^ "Il mistero dei tre continenti".Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  4. ^ a b "Il mistero dei tre continenti". Marco Giusti. 007 all'italiana. Isbn Edizioni, 2010. ISBN 9788876381874.
  5. ^ a b c d e Bergfelder 2005, p. 122.
  6. ^ a b "Herrin der Welt (1959) William Dieterle" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  7. ^ "Herrin der Welt (Teil I)". Filmdienst. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "Herrin der Welt (Teil II)". Filmdienst. Retrieved March 4, 2019.

References

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