The Star of Rio (1955 film)
The Star of Rio | |
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Directed by | Kurt Neumann |
Written by | Frederick Kohner Hans Fritz Köllner |
Produced by | Artur Brauner Frank Clifford Italo Zingarelli |
Starring | Maria Frau Johannes Heesters Willy Fritsch |
Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
Edited by | Franco Fraticelli Walter Wischniewsky |
Music by | Willy Mattes |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Allianz Filmverleih |
Release date | 9 April 1955 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Countries | West Germany Italy |
Languages | German Italian |
The Star of Rio (German:Stern von Rio) is a 1955 West German-Italian adventure film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Maria Frau, Johannes Heesters and Willy Fritsch. It is a remake of the 1940 film of the same title. It was shot on location in Brazil with separate German and Italian versions.[1]
Cast
- Maria Frau as Chiquita
- Johannes Heesters as Don Felipe
- Willy Fritsch as Silvester
- Jester Naefe as Dina
- Franco Andrei as Vincente
- Folco Lulli as Mario
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Torres
- Kathrin Kohner as Bibi
- Stanislav Ledinek as Jao
- Hans Stiebner as Goldschmied
- Mona Baptiste as Sängerin
- Roger George as Tänzer
- Lilo Herbeth as Tänzerin
- Günther Keil
- Franz-Otto Krüger
- Annaluise Schubert as Tänzerin
- Franz Stein
- Rolf Weih
References
- ^ Bergfelder p.125
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links
Categories:
- 1955 films
- 1950s adventure films
- 1950s musical films
- Italian adventure films
- Italian musical films
- German adventure films
- German musical films
- West German films
- Italian films
- German-language films
- Italian-language films
- Films directed by Kurt Neumann
- German film remakes
- Films shot in Brazil
- Films set in Brazil
- Multilingual films
- 1950s German film stubs
- 1950s Italian film stubs