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The Singing City
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Wikipedia article
'The Singing City' (German: 'Die singende Stadt') is a 1930 German musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jan Kiepura, Brigitte Helm and Walter Janssen.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Werndorff.
An English-language version of the film, 'City of Song', also directed by Gallone and starring Kiepura along with a British cast, was released in 1931.Bock & Bergfelder p.243
Synopsis
While holidaying in Naples, a wealthy young Austrian woman discovers the singing talents of her tour guide. He falls in love with her, but once she has taken him to Vienna to launch his career he becomes disillusioned with her lifestyle and circles of friends and returns home to Italy and his original girlfriend.
Cast
* Jan Kiepura as Giovanni Cavallone - Fremdenfhrer
* Brigitte Helm as Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe
* Walter Janssen as Professor Andreas Breuling
* Trude Berliner as Carmela - neapolitanisches Mdchen
* Georg Alexander as Rudi Feldegger
* Franz Maldacea as Tupf - Carmelas Bruder
* Kte Bill as Susanne - Claires Zofe
* Henry Bender as Herr Maier aus Berlin
* Hermann Bla as Der Empfangschef
* Teddy Bill as Heini Ladenburg / Claires Verehrer
* Carl Goetz as Der Nachtportier
* Martin Kosleck as Bobby Bertling - Claires Verehrer
* Carol Ress as Marthe - Claires Zofe
* Charlie Roellinghoff as Poldi Falkner - Claires Verehrer
* Ern Szenes as Siegmund Knigsberger - ein Konzertagent
* C.H. Todd as Mr. Parkins aus London
* Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Willi von Wellheim - Claires Verehrer
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. 'The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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