Princess Turandot (film)

{{Infobox film

|name = Princess Turandot

|image = Princess Turandot.jpg

|caption = German film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Prinzessin Turandot}}

|director = Gerhard Lamprecht

|producer = Günther Stapenhorst

|writer = Thea von Harbou

|starring = Käthe von Nagy
Willy Fritsch

|music = Franz Doelle

|cinematography = Fritz Arno Wagner

|editing = Arnfried Heyne

|studio = UFA

|distributor = UFA

|released = {{Film date|1934|11|30|df=yes}}

|runtime = 82 minutes

|country = Germany

|language = German

}}

Princess Turandot (German: Prinzessin Turandot) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Käthe von Nagy and Willy Fritsch.{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=336|year=2009|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1571816559|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6|last1=Hake|first1=Sabine|doi=10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 |s2cid=252868046 }} A separate French-language version, Turandot, Princess of China, was also released.

The script is by Thea von Harbou.A number of websites mistakenly credit the script to F. P. (Felix Paul) Greve, later known in Canada as Frederick Philip Grove, who published a German translation of One Thousand and One Nights in 1909. (Source: [http://www.lostudiosabineuhdris.com/artwork/publications/Vortrag-Ecke-Demandt-2015-05-17.pdf Zur Kulturgeschichte der Märchen] 17. Mai 2015, p. 7n.) These sources are apparently confusing '1001 Nights' with the similarly-titled collection Les Mille et un jours ('1001 Days') (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix, from which the story of Turandot is taken. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The music was by Franz Doelle with song lyrics by Bruno Balz and C. Amberg (including the opening Turandot, bezaubernde Turandot - 'enchanting Turandot'),[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRCAczlGAbQ Turandot, bezaubernde Turandot] recorded by Herbert Ernst Groh in 1935. YouTube. Retrieved 8 September 2021. and the sound engineer was Dr. Fritz Seidel.