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Princess Turandot (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Princess Turandot' (German: 'Prinzessin Turandot') is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Kthe von Nagy and Willy Fritsch. A separate French-language version 'Turandot, Princess of China' was also released.
The script, by Thea von Harbou,A number of websites mistakenly credit the script to F. P. (Felix Paul) Greve, later known in Canada as Frederick Philip Grove, who published a German translation of One Thousand and One Nights in 1909. (Source: [http://www.lostudiosabineuhdris.com/artwork/publications/Vortrag-Ecke-Demandt-2015-05-17.pdf 'Zur Kulturgeschichte der Mrchen'] 17. Mai 2015, p. 7n.) These sources are apparently confusing '1001 Nights' with the similarly-titled collection 'Les Mille et un jours' ('1001 Days') (17101712) by Franois Ptis de la Croix, from which the story of Turandot is taken. includes elements of Puccini's opera 'Turandot' and Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of Carlo Gozzi's 1762 play 'Turandot'. The film sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Rhrig. The music was by Franz Doelle with song lyrics by Bruno Balz and C. Amberg (including the opening 'Turandot, bezaubernde Turandot' - 'enchanting Turandot'),[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRCAczlGAbQ 'Turandot, bezaubernde Turandot'] recorded by Herbert Ernst Groh in 1935. YouTube. Retrieved 8 September 2021. and the sound engineer was Dr. Fritz Seidel.
Cast
*Willi Schaeffers as The Emperor
*Leopoldine Konstantin as The Empress
*Kthe von Nagy as Princess Turandot
*Inge List as Mian Li
*Willy Fritsch as Kalaf, the bird-dealer
*Paul Kemp as Willibald
*Aribert Wscher as the judge
*Paul Heidemann as Prince of Samarkand
*Gerhard Dammann as executioner
*Ernst Behmer as the fruit dealer
*Edlef Schauer as the barber's clerk
*Angelo Ferrari
*Rudolf Biebrach
*Gaston Briese
*Alexander Engel
*Willi Grill
*Karl Hannemann
*Karl Hellmer
*Eduard Kandl
*Werner Kepich
*Bertold Reissig
*Hans Sternberg
References
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