A Song Goes Round the World (1958 film)
Appearance
A Song Goes Round the World | |
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Directed by | Géza von Bolváry |
Written by | Ernst Neubach |
Produced by | Ernst Neubach |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ernst W. Kalinke |
Edited by | Anneliese Schönnenbeck |
Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Neubach Film |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
A Song Goes Round the World (German: Ein Lied geht um die Welt) is a 1958 West German musical film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Hans Reiser, Sabine Sesselmann, and Ruth Stephan.[1] The film is a biopic of the singer and film actor Joseph Schmidt. The title is a reference to his best-known song and a 1933 film of the same title in which he starred.
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Richter.
Cast
[edit]- Hans Reiser as Joseph Schmidt
- Sabine Sesselmann as Brigitte von Hilden
- Ruth Stephan as Malvine
- Theo Lingen as Himmel
- Karl Lieffen as Pianist Schlange
- Annie Rosar as Mutter Schmidt
- Susanne Korda as Renée
- Lotte Ledl as Mizzi
- Hans Hais
- Johanna Hofer as Frau von Hilden
- Käthe Itter
- Wolf Petersen
- Max Strassberg as Strassberg
- Jaspar von Oertzen
References
[edit]- ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 51.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links
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Categories:
- 1958 films
- 1958 musical films
- 1950s biographical films
- German musical films
- German biographical films
- West German films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films directed by Géza von Bolváry
- Biographical films about singers
- Films about Nazi Germany
- Constantin Film films
- Cultural depictions of German people
- Cultural depictions of Romanian people
- Cultural depictions of Austrian people
- Cultural depictions of pop musicians
- 1950s German films
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- Films scored by Hans May
- 1950s German film stubs
- Biographical film stubs