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Daughter of the Regiment (1953 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Daughter of the Regiment' is a 1953 Austrian historical comedy film directed by Georg C. Klaren and starring Aglaja Schmid, Robert Lindner, and Hermann Erhardt. It is based on the storyline of the 1840 opera 'La fille du regiment' by Gaetano Donizetti. The plot had previously been used for a 1929 silent film and a 1933 sound film, and another film version was made during 1953 by Gza von Bolvry.
It was shot using Agfacolor at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhgel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by Leo Metzenbauer and Hans Zehetner.
A Tyrolean rifle regiment adopt a young baby girl they have rescued and she becomes the "Daughter of the Regiment". In 1811, as a full-grown woman she falls in love with one of the new recruits while the regiment battles French forces during the Napoleonic Wars.
Cast
*Aglaja Schmid as Marie
*Robert Lindner as Toni
*Hermann Erhardt as Sulpitz
*Dagny Servaes as Marquise
*Gusti Wolf as Annette
*Gnther Haenel as Hortensio
*Elisabeth Markus as Herzogin
*Karl Fochler as Herzog
*Fritz Muliar as Hans
*Michael Janisch as Karl
*Anton Gaugl as Sepp
*Peter Klein as Anderl
*Auguste Welten
*Wiener Symphoniker as Play
References
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