Operetta (film)

{{Short description|1940 film}}

{{For|the genre|Operetta film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Operetta

| image =Operetta (film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Willi Forst

| producer = {{ubl|Karl Hartl|Willi Forst}}

| writer = {{ubl|Axel Eggebrecht|Willi Forst}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Willi Forst|Maria Holst|Dora Komar|Paul Hörbiger}}

| music = Willy Schmidt-Gentner

| cinematography = Hans Schneeberger

| editing = Hans Wolff

| studio = Wien-Film

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1940|12|20|df=yes}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = Nazi Germany

| language = German

| budget = 2,100,000 RM ({{Inflation|DE|2100000|1940|fmt=eq|cursign=€}})

| gross = 5,000,000 RM ({{Inflation|DE|5000000|1940|fmt=eq|cursign=€}})

}}

Operetta ({{langx|de|Operette}}) is a 1940 German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by Vienna Blood (1942) and Viennese Girls (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city.Hake p. 163 It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film.