''The Star of Valencia'' () is a 1933 German

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directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Liane Haid, Peter Erkelenz and Ossi Oswalda. It was made in

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, at the same time as a French-language version '' The Star of Valencia'' directed by

Serge de Poligny Serge de Poligny (1903–1983) was a French screenwriter and film director. Career Serge de Poligny was born in Paris in 1903. He studied art at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, École des Beaux-Arts in the class of the painter Maurice Denis. In 1925 ...

. It was made at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of a ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Otto Hunte Otto Hunte (9 January 1881 – 28 December 1960) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Hunte is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cinema, mainly for his set designs on the e ...

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took place in

and

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

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* 1933 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1933 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Alfred Zeisler German multilingual films UFA GmbH films Films shot in Spain Films set in Spain German black-and-white films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1933 multilingual films 1930s German films German-language drama films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub