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Operetta
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7.2A 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.
Released: 1940-12-20107 minDir: Willi ForstMusic, Drama
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
Themes
- opera
- musician
- sexual tension
- vienna, austria
- vienna opera
- 19th century
- mutual attraction
- based on real person
- stage director
- biographical drama
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