Roses from the South (1934 film)
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| Directed by | Walter Janssen |
| Written by | Hans Vietzke Max Wallner |
| Produced by | Erich Schicker Karl Schulz Robert Wüllner |
| Starring | Paul Hörbiger Gretl Theimer Rózsi Csikós |
| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Ludolf Grisebach |
| Music by | Ernst Erich Buder |
Production company | Schulz & Wuellner Filmfabrikation |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Roses from the South (German: Rosen aus dem Süden) is a 1934 German historical musical film directed by Walter Janssen and starring Paul Hörbiger, Gretl Theimer and Rózsi Csikós.[1] [2] Location shooting took place around Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander. It is an operetta film, a popular genre during the decade. The title references the waltz of the same title composed by Johann Strauss.
Synopsis
[edit]Johann Strauss comes to the rescue of a struggling Viennese wine merchant and his attractive daughter by turning up to conduct the orchestra at a party and saving the family business from ruin.
Cast
[edit]- Paul Hörbiger as Johann Strauß
- Hugo Werner-Kahle as Johannes Brahms
- Oscar Sabo as Gustav Mödlinger, Weingroßhändler
- Olga Limburg as Sophie Mödlinger
- Ekkehard Arendt as Toni Mödlinger
- Oskar Sima as Eduard Weingruber, Oberkellner
- Gretl Theimer as Mizzi, seine Tochter
- Rózsi Csikós as Roszi
- Carl Ehrhardt-Hardt as Poldi Wambacher
- Hans Junkermann as Generalkonsul Füßli
- Henry Lorenzen as Ein Tanzmeister
- Johanna Ewald as Frau Krause
- Otto Sauter-Sarto as Peppi, ein Pratersänger
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Herr Krause
- Elisabeth von Ruets as Baronin
- Hugo Flink as Graf Lichtenstein
- Emil Biron as Baron von Stessel
Reception
[edit]It was distributed in America by Casino Film Exchange in 1935 and a New York Times review considered it "bound to please Yorkville audiences or any other listeners familiar with the German tongue and its variations".[3]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Kater, Michael H. & Riethmüller Albrecht . Music and Nazism: Art Under Tyranny, 1933-1945. Laaber, 2003.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
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