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The Blue Danube (1955 film)

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The Blue Danube
Directed byHans Schweikart
Written byPeter Berneis
August Rieger
Jacques Companéez
Georges Tabet
Theodor Ottawa
Produced byErnst Müller
StarringHardy Krüger
Nicole Besnard
Paul Hörbiger
CinematographySepp Ketterer
Edited byLeopoldine Pokorny
Music byFranz Grothe
Production
companies
Österreichische Film GmbH
Schönbrunn-Film
Distributed byUnion-Film
Release date
  • 25 January 1955 (1955-01-25)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

The Blue Danube (German: An der schönen blauen Donau) is a 1955 Austrian romantic comedy film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Hardy Krüger, Nicole Besnard and Paul Hörbiger.[1] It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.

Synopsis

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A young king and a princess are engaged to be married but have never met. Both are reluctant to take part in an arranged marriage but they meet in Vienna and fall in love.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Fritsche p.252-53

Bibliography

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  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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