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directed by

Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...

and starring

Beniamino Gigli Beniamino Gigli ( , ; 20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) was an Italian opera singer ( lyric tenor). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation. Early life Gigli was born in Recanati, in the Marche, the son of a sho ...

, Maria Cebotari and Hans Moser.Waldman p.202 It was produced by

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, a

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-based production company with strong links to Italy. It was shot at the

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and on location in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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, Giorgio Pinzauti,

Ernst Richter Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (24 October 18089 April 1879), was a German musical theorist and composer, born at Großschönau, Saxony. He first studied music at Zittau, and afterwards at Leipzig, where he attained so high a reputation that in ...

and

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Cast

as Ettore Vanni * Maria Cebotari as Fiamma Vanni - seine Frau * Peter Bosse as Mario - sein Sohn * Hans Moser as Giulio Stückelmeier *

Michael Bohnen Franz Michael Bohnen (2 May 1887 – 26 April 1965) was a Germans, German bass baritone opera singer and actor. Bohnen was very popular in the Roaring Twenties. Life Michael Bohnen was born in Cologne. He trained in opera singing at the Hochsc ...

as Cesare Doret *

Hilde Hildebrand Emma Minna Hilde Hildebrand (10 September 1897 – 12 May 1976) was a German actress born in Hanover, Germany on 10 September 1897. She died at the age of 78 in Grunewald, Berlin, on 27 May 1976. Selected filmography * ''Die Scheidungsehe'' ...

as Ricarda Doret, seine Frau *

Alfred Gerasch Alfred Gerasch (17 August 1877 – 12 August 1955) was a German film actor.Chandler p.271 Selected filmography * ''The Guilt of Lavinia Morland'' (1920) * ''The Legend of Holy Simplicity'' (1920) * '' The Handicap of Love'' (1921) * '' His Excell ...

as Intendant *

Josef Dahmen Josef Dahmen (21 August 1903 – 18 January 1985) was a German stage, film and television actor.Youngkin p. 462. Dahmen was married to the actress Gisela von Collande, with whom he had a daughter Andrea Dahmen. His granddaughter Julia Dahmen is ...

as Inspizient *

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as Arzt *

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as Krankenschwester * Herbert Gernot as Lawyer * Rio Nobile as Chauffeur * Max Paetz as Garderobier

References

Bibliography

* Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942''. McFarland, 2008.

External links

* 1937 films Films of Nazi Germany German musical drama films 1930s musical drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carmine Gallone Tobis Film films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios 1937 drama films 1930s German films Films with screenplays by Thea von Harbou Films scored by Cesare Andrea Bixio Films scored by Alois Melichar German-language musical drama films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub