Operette
movie

Released December 20, 1940
Overview
A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.
Cast

Willi Forst
as
Franz Jauner

Maria Holst
as
Marie Geistinger

Dora Komar
as
Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau

Paul Hörbiger
as
Alexander Girardi

Leo Slezak
as
Franz von Suppé

Curd Jürgens
as
Karl Millöcker

Gustav Waldau
as
Ferdinand
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Edmund Schellhammer
as
Johann Strauß

Siegfried Breuer
as
Fürst Hohenburg
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Theodor Danegger
as
Tundler

Trude Marlen
as
Antonie Link
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Viktor Heim
as
Hans Makart
Crew

Willi Forst
as
Director
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Willy Schmidt-Gentner
as
Music

Willi Forst
as
Writer
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Axel Eggebrecht
as
Writer
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Hans Wolff
as
Editor

Karl Hartl
as
Producer
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Viktor Becker
as
Assistant Director
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Alfred Kunz
as
Costume Design

Willi Forst
as
Producer
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Hans Schneeberger
as
Director of Photography
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Werner Schlichting
as
Art Direction
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Kurt Herlth
as
Art Direction