Roses from the South (1934 film)
{{short description|1934 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Roses from the South
| image = File:Roses from the South (1934 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Walter Janssen
| producer = Erich Schicker
Karl Schulz
Robert Wüllner
| writer = Hans Vietzke
Max Wallner
| narrator =
| starring = Paul Hörbiger
Gretl Theimer
Rózsi Csikós
| music = Ernst Erich Buder
| cinematography = Willy Winterstein
| editing = Ludolf Grisebach
| studio = Schulz & Wuellner Filmfabrikation
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1934|08|30|df=yes}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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Roses from the South (German: Rosen aus dem Süden) is a 1934 German historical musical film directed by Walter Janssen and starring Paul Hörbiger, Gretl Theimer and Rózsi Csikós.Kater & Riethmüller p.131 Waldman p.68-69 Location shooting took place around Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander. It is an operetta film, a popular genre during the decade. The title references the waltz of the same title composed by Johann Strauss.
Synopsis
Johann Strauss comes to the rescue of a struggling Viennese wine merchant and his attractive daughter by turning up to conduct the orchestra at a party and saving the family business from ruin.
Cast
- Paul Hörbiger as Johann Strauß
- Hugo Werner-Kahle as Johannes Brahms
- Oscar Sabo as Gustav Mödlinger, Weingroßhändler
- Olga Limburg as Sophie Mödlinger
- Ekkehard Arendt as Toni Mödlinger
- Oskar Sima as Eduard Weingruber, Oberkellner
- Gretl Theimer as Mizzi, seine Tochter
- Rózsi Csikós as Roszi
- Carl Ehrhardt-Hardt as Poldi Wambacher
- Hans Junkermann as Generalkonsul Füßli
- Henry Lorenzen as Ein Tanzmeister
- Johanna Ewald as Frau Krause
- Otto Sauter-Sarto as Peppi, ein Pratersänger
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Herr Krause
- Elisabeth von Ruets as Baronin
- Hugo Flink as Graf Lichtenstein
- Emil Biron as Baron von Stessel
Reception
It was distributed in America by Casino Film Exchange in 1935 and a New York Times review considered it "bound to please Yorkville audiences or any other listeners familiar with the German tongue and its variations".Waldman p.68-69
References
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Bibliography
- Kater, Michael H. & Riethmüller Albrecht . Music and Nazism: Art Under Tyranny, 1933-1945. Laaber, 2003.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0025734}}
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Walter Janssen
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1930s historical films
Category:German historical films
Category:Films set in the 19th century
Category:Films scored by Ernst Erich Buder
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