Opera Ball (1939 film)

{{short description|1939 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Opera Ball

| image = Opera Ball (1939 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Géza von Bolváry

| producer = Viktor von Struwe

| writer = {{ubl|Viktor Léon (libretto)|Heinrich von Waldberg (libretto)|Ernst Marischka}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Heli Finkenzeller|Fita Benkhoff|Marte Harell}}

| music = {{ubl|Richard Heuberger (operetta)|Peter Kreuder}}

| cinematography = Willy Winterstein

| editing = Alice Ludwig

| studio = Terra Film

| distributor = Herzog-Filmverleih

| released = {{film date|1939|12|22|df=y}}

| runtime = 107 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Opera Ball ({{langx|de|Opernball}}) is a 1939 German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Heli Finkenzeller, Fita Benkhoff, and Marte Harell.{{sfn|Waldman|p=284}} An operetta film, it is based on the 1898 work of the same name composed by Richard Heuberger. In 1956 it was remade as Opera Ball in Austria with some of the same cast.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. Erna Berger provided a singing voice.[https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/opernball_ea43d4a6f7c15006e03053d50b37753d Opernball (1939)], production details, filmportal.de