Opera Ball (1956 film)

1956 Austrian film
  • 30 August 1956 (1956-08-30)
Running time
95 minutesCountryAustriaLanguageGerman

Opera Ball (German: Opernball) is a 1956 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Johannes Heesters, Hertha Feiler and Josef Meinrad. Based on the 1898 operetta Der Opernball, it is part of the operetta film tradition. A previous film version had been made in 1939.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. It was shot using Agfacolor.

Cast

  • Johannes Heesters as Georg Dannhauser
  • Hertha Feiler as Elisabeth, seine Frau
  • Josef Meinrad as Paul Hollinger
  • Sonja Ziemann as Helene Hollinger, seine Frau
  • Adrian Hoven as Richard Stelzer
  • Rudolf Vogel as Eduard von Lamberg
  • Fita Benkhoff as Hermine, seine Frau
  • Theo Lingen as Philipp, Diener bei Dannhauser
  • Dorit Kreysler as Hanni, Dienstmädchen bei Dannhauser
  • Frances Martin as Mizzi Schuster
  • Hans Moser as Anton Hatschek, Oberkellner

References

  1. ^ Waldman p.284

Bibliography

  • Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.
  • Opera Ball at IMDb
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