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Operette (1940)

Operette (1940)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1940, December 20
Directors: Willi Forst
Countries: Austria, Germany
Production: Deutsche Forst-Filmproduktion GmbH, Wien-Film, Wien-Film
Cast: Curd Jürgens, Paul Hörbiger, Siegfried Breuer, Trude Marlen, Heinz Woester, Maria Holst, Theodor Danegger, Willi Forst, Ferdinand Mayerhofer, Gustav Waldau, Alfred Neugebauer, Gisa Wurm

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.

Keywords:

19th century musician based on real person biographical drama vienna, austria vienna opera opera sexual tension mutual attraction stage director