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The Beggar Student (1956 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Beggar Student' is a 1956 West German musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Waltraut Haas and Elma Karlowa.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207033323/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/147519 BFI.org] It is based on the operetta 'Der Bettelstudent' by Karl Millcker, and is part of the operetta film tradition.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana.
Synopsis
After a Polish aristocrat refuses to marry a Colonel, he manoeuvres to force her to marry a penniless student in revenge.
Cast
* Gerhard Riedmann as Symon Rymanowicz
* Waltraut Haas as Komtesse Laura
* Elma Karlowa as Komtesse Bronislawa
* Gunther Philipp as Jan Janicki
* Gustav Knuth as Oberst Ollendorf
* Fita Benkhoff as Grfin Palmatica
* Rudolf Vogel as Enterich
* Alice Kessler as Mira
* Ellen Kessler as Katja
* Dick Price as Graf Kaminsky
* Karl Lieffen as Major Wangenheim
* Joost Siedhoff as Leutnant Schweinitz
* Willem Holsboer
* Ulla Torp
* Johannes Buzalski
* Michael Friederichsen
* Adalbert Fuhlrott
* Peter Mhlen
References
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