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Operette (1940)
Directed by Willi Forst
Overview
Operetta (German: Operette) is a 1940 musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It is the first film in director Willi Forst’s “Viennese Trilogy” followed by Vienna Blood (1942) and Viennese Girls (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city. It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film.
Length 107 minutes
Actors
Willi Forst | Maria Holst | Dora Komar | Paul Hörbiger | Leo Slezak | Curd Jürgens | Gustav Waldau | Edmund Schellhammer | Siegfried Breuer | Theodor Danegger | Trude Marlen | Viktor Heim | Alfred Neugebauer | Heinz Woester | Ferdinand Mayerhofer | Gisa Wurm | Wilhelm Leicht | Fred Hülgerth | Lia Bayer | Franz Borsos | Lorenz Corvinus | Hans Fetscherin | Pepi Glöckner-Kramer | Hansi Koller | Hill Larsen | Oskar Pouché | Ernst Reitter | Johannes Roth | Louis Soldan | Josef Stiegler | Agnes Tassopulos | Oskar Wegrostek | Klaus Pohl | Ady Berber | Wilhelm Heim