Girls in White
{{Short description|1936 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Girls in White
| image =Girls in White.jpg
| caption =
| director = Victor Janson
| producer = Hans von Wolzogen
| writer = {{ubl|Harald Bratt|Will Spindler}}
| starring = {{ubl|Maria Cebotari|Iván Petrovich|Hilde von Stolz}}
| music = Theo Mackeben
| cinematography = Willy Hameister
| editing =
| studio = Fabrikation Deutscher Filme
| distributor ={{ubl|Märkische Film|Kiba Kinobetriebsanstalt (Austria)}}
| released ={{film date|1936|8|29|df=y}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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Girls in White ({{langx|de|Mädchen in Weiß}}) is a 1936 German musical comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Maria Cebotari, Iván Petrovich and Hilde von Stolz.{{Cite book|title=International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film|last=Alfred|first=Krautz|publisher=International Federation of Film Archives|year=1984|isbn=978-3-598-21434-9|volume=4|pages=64}} It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.143 The film's sets were designed by the art director
Synopsis
Set in pre-revolutionary Russia at the Smolny Institute, the film tells the story of the young student Daniela, who wants to follow in her mother's footsteps and become an opera singer.{{Cite news|title=Film Reviews – Maedchen in Weiss|date=October 7, 1936|work=Variety}}{{Cite book|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|year=2009|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-0-85745-565-9|editor-last=Bock|editor-first=Hans-Michael|editor-last2=Bergfelder|editor-first2=Tim|doi = 10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6|s2cid=252868046 }} The film's most famous song is "I am Here to be Happy" ("Ich bin auf der Welt glücklich zu sein").{{Citation|last=violacarolavoila|title=Maria Cebotari singt 'Ich bin auf der Welt um glücklich zu sein'|date=2009-07-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdATFSwFhyk|access-date=2019-06-10}}
Cast
- Maria Cebotari as Daniela
- Iván Petrovich as Count Feodor Ivanowitsch Schuwalow
- Hilde von Stolz as Natalia (a dancer)
- Georg Alexander as Grand Duke Sergej Andrejewitsch
- Ernst Dumcke as Opera Director
- Hans Junkermann as General Goremkin (Daniela's uncle)
- Ilse Fürstenberg as Irina (General Goremkin's wife)
- Herta Worell as Vera (schoolgirl)
- Trude Haefelin as Olga (schoolgirl)
- Rosette Zobber as Marina (schoolgirl)
- Eduard Wenck as Marignano (conductor)
- Norberto Ardelli as Cavallini (a famous tenor)
- Margarete Schön as Maria Petrowna
- Blandine Ebinger as Lydia Antonowana (nursery school teacher)
- Änne von Elms as Gilda in the opera Rigoletto
Criticism
Contemporary American critics complimented Cebotari's work in the "operatic film."{{Cite journal|date=November 1936|title=Musical Notes from Abroad|journal=The Musical Times|volume=77|issue=1125|page=1039|JSTOR=}} Variety noted that it was "not exactly a second 'Mädchen in Uniform' for world consumption," but praised Cebotari's performance.
References
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Bibliography
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0130136}}
{{Victor Janson}}
Category:1936 musical comedy films
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:German musical comedy films
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Victor Janson
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Terra Studios
Category:Films scored by Theo Mackeben
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