''The Blonde Carmen'' (german: Die blonde Carmen) is a 1935 German

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as break ...

directed by

Victor Janson Victor Arthur Eduard Janson ( lv, Viktors Artūrs Eduards Jansons; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvian ethnicity. Selected filmography Actor * '' Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916) * '' Whe ...

and starring Mártha Eggerth, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, and

Ida Wüst Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA). Life and career Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discover ...

.Zanger p. 30 It is part of the tradition of operetta films. It was shot at the

Johannisthal Studios The Johannisthal Studios were film studios located in the Berlin area of Johannisthal. Founded in 1920 on the site of a former airfield, they were a centre of production during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Nearly four hundred films were made at Joha ...

in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the

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Wilhelm Depenau Wilhelm Depenau (1884-1952) was a German art director.Reid p.99 Selected filmography * ''The Most Beautiful Woman in the World'' (1924) * ''Come Back, All Is Forgiven'' (1929) * ''Viennese Waltz'' (1932) * '' The Love Hotel'' (1933) * '' The Doub ...

and

Erich Zander Erich Zander (11 April 1905 – 15 April 1991) was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German language, German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1 ...

. It was distributed by Rota-Film, a subsidiary of the large Tobis Film concern.

Synopsis

A Hungarian opera star from

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

decides to take a holiday in the

Bavarian Alps The Bavarian Alps (german: Bayerische Alpen) is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of Bavaria. Geography The term in its wider sense refers to that part of the Eastern Alps tha ...

. While there she pretends to be a simple peasant girl.

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* 1935 musical comedy films German musical comedy films 1935 films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Victor Janson Operetta films Films set in Bavaria Films set in the Alps Cine-Allianz films Tobis Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios {{musical-comedy-film-stub