The Count of Luxemburg (1957 film)
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| Directed by | Werner Jacobs |
| Written by | Robert Bodanzky (libretto) Fritz Böttger Willibald Eser Rudolf S. Joseph A.M. Willner (operetta) |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner Carl Szokoll |
| Starring | Gerhard Riedmann Renate Holm Gunther Philipp |
| Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| Edited by | Annemarie Rokoss Walter Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Franz Lehár (operetta) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date | 18 December 1957 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Count of Luxemburg (German: Der Graf von Luxemburg) is a 1957 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Renate Holm and Gunther Philipp.[1] It is based on the 1909 operetta The Count of Luxemburg by Franz Lehár.
It was made at the CCC Studios in Berlin and on location in Croatia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Paul Markwitz. It was shot using Eastmancolor.
Cast
- Gerhard Riedmann as René, Graf von Luxemburg
- Renate Holm as Angèle, Sängerin
- Gunther Philipp as Brissard, Maler
- Susi Nicoletti as Caroline, Erbgräfin von Luxemburg
- Gustav Knuth as Fürst Basil Basilowitsch
- Alice Kessler as Fritzi
- Ellen Kessler as Franzi
- Hans Olden as Paul Pawlowitsch, Gesandter
- Erika von Thellmann as Frau Pawlowitsch
- Theodor Danegger as Großfürst Michail Michailowitsch
- Hugo Lindinger as van Megeren, Gerichtsvollzieher
- Herbert Weissbach as Hassling, Gerichtsvollzieher
- Gerold Wanke as Robert, Bildhauer
- Gustl Weishappel as Albert, Maler
- Clarissa Stolz as Sophia Laurentia
- Germaine Damar as Brissards Modell
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.33
Bibliography
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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- 1957 films
- 1950s musical comedy films
- German musical comedy films
- West German films
- German-language films
- Films directed by Werner Jacobs
- Operetta films
- Films based on operettas
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films set in Paris
- German historical films
- 1950s historical films
- Constantin Film films
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