The Bird Seller (1962 film)

The Bird Seller
The Kessler Sisters perform in a scene from the film
Directed by	Géza von Cziffra
Written by	Géza von Cziffra Ludwig Held (libretto) Moritz West (libretto)
Produced by	Kurt Hartmann Eberhard Meichsner
Starring	Cornelia Froboess Peter Weck Albert Rueprecht
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Werner Preuss
Music by	Hagen Galatis Carl Zeller (operetta)
Production company	Divina Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	3 August 1962
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.

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 CCC 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)
• Roses in Tyrol (1940)
• The Bird Seller (1953)
• Die Christel von der Post (1956)

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Bird Seller at IMDb