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Operette

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Calorie Rating: 150
Released: 1940-12-20
Running Time: 107 Minutes


Operetta (German: Operette) is a 1940 musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by Vienna Blood (1942) and Viennese Girls (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city. It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film.

Director / Directors

Willi Forst
Director
Viktor Becker
Assistant Director


Cast

Willi Forst
Character: Franz Jauner
Maria Holst
Character: Marie Geistinger
Dora Komar
Character: Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau

Paul Hörbiger
Character: Alexander Girardi
Leo Slezak
Character: Franz von Suppé
Curd Jürgens
Character: Karl Millöcker

Gustav Waldau
Character: Ferdinand
Edmund Schellhammer
Character: Johann Strauß
Siegfried Breuer
Character: Fürst Hohenburg

Theodor Danegger
Character: Tundler
Trude Marlen
Character: Antonie Link
Viktor Heim
Character: Hans Makart

Alfred Neugebauer
Character: Graf Esterhazy
Heinz Woester
Character: Prof. Dr. Eichgraber
Ferdinand Mayerhofer
Character: Dr. Molzer - Rechtsanwalt

Gisa Wurm
Character: Frau Bramezberger
Wilhelm Leicht
Character: Theaterdirektor in Krems
Fred Hülgerth
Character: Tenor Czika






Wilhelm Heim
Character: Hans Makart


Production and Crew


Werner Schlichting
Art Direction
Kurt Herlth
Art Direction
Willi Forst
Producer

Karl Hartl
Producer
Hans Schneeberger
Director of Photography

Alfred Kunz
Costume Design