The Count of Luxemburg (1957 film)

The Count of Luxemburg
Directed by	Werner Jacobs
Produced by	Artur Brauner ; Carl Szokoll
Written by	Robert Bodanzky (libretto) ; Fritz Böttger ; Willibald Eser ; Rudolf S. Joseph ; A.M. Willner (operetta)
Starring	Gerhard Riedmann ; Renate Holm ; Gunther Philipp
Music by	Franz Lehár (operetta)
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Annemarie Rokoss ; Walter Wischniewsky
Production; company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	18 December 1957
Running time	91 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Count of Luxemburg (German: Der Graf von Luxemburg) is a 1957 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Renate Holm and Gunther Philipp.^[1] It is based on the 1909 operetta The Count of Luxemburg by Franz Lehár.

It was made at the CCC Studios in Berlin and on location in Croatia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Paul Markwitz. It was shot using Eastmancolor.

Cast

Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

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Franz Lehár works
Operettas	Kukuschka (1896) Der Göttergatte (1904) The Merry Widow (1905) Tatjana (1906) Der Graf von Luxemburg (1909) Gipsy Love (1910) The Count of Luxembourg (1911) Die ideale Gattin (1913) Endlich allein (1914) Where the Lark Sings (1918) Die Tangokönigin (1921) Paganini (1925) Der Zarewitsch (1926) The Land of Smiles (1929) Schön ist die Welt (1930) Giuditta (1934)
Films	Where the Lark Sings (1936) The Count of Luxemburg (1957) The Count of Luxemburg (1972)
Ballets	The Merry Widow Vienna Waltzes
Other	"Yours Is My Heart Alone" (from The Land of Smiles) Anton Lehár Operas and operettas