Boccaccio (1936 film)
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| Directed by | Herbert Maisch |
| Written by | Emil Burri Walter Forster |
| Produced by | Max Pfeiffer |
| Starring | Albrecht Schoenhals Gina Falckenberg Willy Fritsch Heli Finkenzeller |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Irmen-Tschet |
| Edited by | Carl Otto Bartning |
| Music by | Franz Doelle |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Boccaccio is a 1936 German musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Albrecht Schoenhals, Gina Falckenberg and Willy Fritsch.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte.
Plot
Boccaccio is an operetta that relates how Nazis conceived the Italian Renaissance. The Ferrara’s residents are carried up in a tide of emotion and physical passion. Before long, the town is in chaos.
Cast
- Albrecht Schoenhals as Cesare d'Este
- Gina Falckenberg as Francesca
- Willy Fritsch as Petruccicio
- Heli Finkenzeller as Fiametta
- Paul Kemp as Calandrino
- Fita Benkhoff as Bianca
- Albert Florath as Bartolomeo
- Tina Eilers as Pia
- Ernst Waldow as Ricco
- Hans Hermann Schaufuss as First Judge
References
- ^ O'Brien p.47
Bibliography
- O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth. Nazi Cinema as Enchantment. The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Camden House, 2006.
External links
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Categories:
- 1936 films
- 1930s musical films
- German musical films
- German films
- German-language films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- Films directed by Herbert Maisch
- Operetta films
- Films set in the 14th century
- Films set in Italy
- 1930s historical films
- German historical films
- UFA films
- 1930s German film stubs
- Musical film stubs
- German black-and-white films