Operette (1940)

Name: Operette
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 1940-12-20
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Willi Forst, Maria Holst, Dora Komar, Paul Hörbiger, Leo Slezak

A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.

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Released 1940-12-20 · 107 min · Music, Drama

Directed by Willi Forst

Cast

Willi Forst as Franz Jauner
Maria Holst as Marie Geistinger
Dora Komar as Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau
Paul Hörbiger as Alexander Girardi
Leo Slezak as Franz von Suppé
Curd Jürgens as Karl Millöcker
Gustav Waldau as Ferdinand
Edmund Schellhammer as Johann Strauß
Siegfried Breuer as Fürst Hohenburg
Theodor Danegger as Tundler
Trude Marlen as Antonie Link
Viktor Heim as Hans Makart
Alfred Neugebauer as Graf Esterhazy
Heinz Woester as Prof. Dr. Eichgraber
Ferdinand Mayerhofer as Dr. Molzer - Rechtsanwalt