The Court Concert

The Court Concert

85 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 18, 1936

Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.

The Court Concert

85 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 18, 1936

The Court Concert
Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Das Hofkonzert
Directors Anton Weissenbach, Erich Kobler, Douglas Sirk
Writers Kurt Heynicke, Franz Wallner-Basté, Paul Verhoeven, Toni Impekoven, Douglas Sirk

Cast

Mártha Eggerth

as Christine Holm alias Sängerin Belotti

Johannes Heesters

as Leutnant Walter von Arnegg

Herbert Hübner

as Staatsminister von Arnegg

Ernst Waldow

as Damenwäschevertreter von Zunder

Hans Richter

as Gefreiter Veit

Kurt Meisel

as Leutnant Florian Schwälble

Rudolf Platte

as Hofkapellmeister

Otto Treßler

as Landesfürst Serenissimus

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

as Oberst Flumms

Flockina von Platen

as Gräfin Hadersdorff

Ingeborg von Kusserow

as Zofe Babette

Alfred Abel

as Dichter Knips

Edwin Jürgensen

as Theaterintendant

Iwa Wanja

as Sängerin Tamara Pinelli

Günther Ballier

as Chefoffizier der Hofarchive