Operetta | |
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Directed by | Willi Forst |
Produced by |
Karl Hartl Willi Forst |
Written by |
Axel Eggebrecht Willi Forst |
Starring | Willi Forst Maria Holst Dora Komar Paul Hörbiger |
Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
Cinematography | Hans Schneeberger |
Edited by | Hans Wolff |
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Release date
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20 December 1940 |
Running time
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100 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
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.