The Merry Farmer (1927 film)

The Merry Farmer (German: Der fidele Bauer) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Carmen Boni, Werner Krauss and S.Z. Sakall.[1] It is based on the 1907 operetta of the same title. A 1951 film adaptation was also made.

The Merry Farmer
Directed byFranz Seitz
Produced byKlaus Fery
Written byViktor Léon (libretto)
Charlie Roellinghoff
Klaus Fery
StarringCarmen Boni
Werner Krauss
S.Z. Sakall
Music byLeo Fall
CinematographyEduard Hoesch
Giovanni Vitrotti
Production
company
Fery-Film
Distributed byUFA
Release date
10 November 1927
CountryGermany
LanguageSilent
German intertitles

The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Cast

In alphabetical order

References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.197

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • The Merry Farmer at IMDb
  • "Der fidele Bauer". murnau-stiftung.de (in German). Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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