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Swelling Melodies
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Wikipedia article
'Swelling Melodies' is a 1955 East German musical film directed by E.W. Fiedler and starring Erich Arnold, Jarmila Ksrov and Sonja Schner.Liehm & Liehm p.95 It is an adaptation of the operetta 'Die Fledermaus' by Johann Strauss II and Richard Gene and was part of a tradition of operetta films in German cinema.. It was released in 1955, and sold 4,968,582 tickets.[http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/DDRAlltimeDeutsch.htm List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.]
It was made by the state-backed DEFA studios. The film's sets were designed by Artur Gnther.
Cast
* Erich Arnold as Gabriel von Eisenstein
* Jarmila Ksrov as Rosalinde von Eisenstein
* Sonja Schner as Adele
* Herbert Kiper as Dr. Falke
* Gerd Frickhffer as Prinz Orlofsky
* Rolf Weih as Alfred
* Hans Wocke as Gefngnisdirektor Frank
* Joseph Egger as Gefngniswrter Frosch
* Elvira Sternbeck as Ida
* Hans Klering as Dr. Blind
* Hans Alexander as Gefangener
* Gnter Beurenmeister as Verehrer
* Kurt Bobeth-Bolander as Bersitz
* Ursula Dcker as Dame
* Christine Fischer as Dame
* Walter Grimm as Herr
* Ernst Paul Hempel as Brieftrger
* Hella Jansen as Dame
* Gnter Klostermann as Offizier
* Gerhard Lau as Diener
* Anna Lindemann as Dame
* Herbert Mewes-Conti as Verehrer
* Walter Salow as Diener
* Nico Turoff as Diener
* Ernst Ullrich as Gefangener
* Inka Unverzagt as Dame
* Teddy Wulff as Verehrer
References
Bibliography
* Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonn J. 'The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945'. University of California Press, 1977.
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