''The Court Concert'' () is a 1948 German
musical
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comedy film
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written and directed by
Paul Verhoeven
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and starring
Elfie Mayerhofer
Elfie Mayerhofer (1917–1992) was an Austrian film actress and singer. A noted stage performer, she played lead roles in a series of musical and operetta films such as '' The Song of the Nightingale'' (1944) and '' The Heavenly Waltz'' (1949).Fr ...
,
Hans Nielsen and
Erich Ponto
Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto (14 December 1884 – 14 February 1957) was a German film and stage actor.
Career
Erich Ponto was born in Lübeck as the son of a textile merchant. After his family had moved to Hamburg- Eimsbüttel, he attended the g ...
.
In the United States it was released as ''Palace Scandal''.
It is based on the 1935 musical comedy ''
The Court Concert
''The Court Concert'' () is a 1936 German historical film, historical romantic comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk), and starring Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters, and Kurt Meisel.Hake p. 142 It was ...
'' (music:
Edmund Nick
Edmund Nick (, Reichenberg – , Geretsried) was a German composer, conductor, and music writer.
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The son of a merchant, Nick studied law from 1910 to 1915 in Vienna and Graz. At the same time, he studied music at the Vienna Music Acade ...
) which Verhoeven had co-written. A previous
film version was made in 1936 and directed by
Douglas Sirk
Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war f ...
. The remake was shot using
agfacolor
Agfa-Farbenplatte of Bad Kreuznach, Germany, 1933.
An Agfacolor slide of a café in Oslo, Norway, 1937.
An Agfacolor slide of Paris, France, 1937.
An Agfacolor slide of Stockholm, Sweden, 1938.
An Agfacolor slide, Hungary, 1938.
An Agf ...
. Both productions are in the tradition of
operetta film
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s.
It was produced by the major studio
Tobis Film
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during 1944, but was not given a formal release until 1948 in Sweden and then East and West Germany the following year.
The
art director
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Otto Erdmann worked on the film's sets.
Location shooting
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took place in
Bavaria
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.
Cast
See also
*
Überläufer
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1948 musical comedy films
German musical comedy films
East German films
West German films
Films directed by Paul Verhoeven (Germany)
Tobis Film films
Films set in Bavaria
Operetta films
Films based on operettas
Remakes of German films
Films set in the 19th century
1940s German-language films
1940s German films
Films scored by Wolfgang Zeller
German-language musical comedy films
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