Frasquita
Frasquita is a 1934 Austrian musical film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Jarmila Novotná, Charlott Daudert, and Heinz Rühmann.[1] An operetta film, it is an adaptation of Franz Lehár's 1922 stage work of the same name.
| Frasquita | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Karel Lamač |
| Produced by | Reinhold Meißner |
| Written by | Charles Amberg Georg C. Klaren Heinz Reichert (libretto) A. M. Willner (libretto) |
| Starring | Jarmila Novotná Charlott Daudert Heinz Rühmann |
| Music by | Franz Lehár (operetta) Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| Cinematography | Eduard Hoesch |
Production company | Atlantis-Film |
| Distributed by | Neue Deutsch Lichtspiel-Syndikat Verleih (Germany) |
Release date | 9 September 1934 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location in Sicily.
Cast
- Jarmila Novotná as Frasquita, the Gypsy singer
- Hans-Heinz Bollmann as Harald, the would-be groom
- Heinz Rühmann as Hippolit, his best man
- Charlott Daudert as Dolly
- Rudolf Carl as Karel, the butler
- Hans Moser as Jaromir – Harald's Valet
- Max Gülstorff as Graf Elemer
- Franz Schafheitlin as Juan – Frasquita's Gypsy Lover
- Franz Lehár as Conductor in credits sequence
- Choir of the Vienna State Opera as Singers
- Otto Schmöle
- Robert Valberg
- Gretl Wawra
- Wiener Sängerknaben as Themselves – Singers
References
- Ball and Spiess p. 51
Bibliography
- Gregor Ball and Eberhard Spiess. Heinz Rühmann und seine Filme. Goldmann, 1982.
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