Operette

Operette

107 mins | Dec. 20, 1940

Operetta (German: Operette) is a 1940 musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by Vienna Blood (1942) and Viennese Girls (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city. It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film.

Operette

107 mins | Dec. 20, 1940

Operette
Operetta (German: Operette) is a 1940 musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by Vienna Blood (1942) and Viennese Girls (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city. It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film.
Producers
Original title Operette
Directors Viktor Becker, Willi Forst
Writers Axel Eggebrecht, Willi Forst

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

Edmund Schellhammer

as Johann Strauß

Siegfried Breuer

as Fürst Hohenburg

Theodor Danegger

as Tundler

Trude Marlen

as Antonie Link

Viktor Heim

as Hans Makart

Alfred Neugebauer

as Graf Esterhazy

Heinz Woester

as Prof. Dr. Eichgraber

Ferdinand Mayerhofer

as Dr. Molzer - Rechtsanwalt

Gisa Wurm

as Frau Bramezberger

Wilhelm Leicht

as Theaterdirektor in Krems

Fred Hülgerth

as Tenor Czika

Wilhelm Heim

as Hans Makart