I Kiss Your Hand, Madame

I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
Directed by	Robert Land
Produced by	Julius Haimann; Robert Land;
Written by	Rolf E. Vanloo
Starring	Harry Liedtke; Marlene Dietrich;
Music by	Pasquale Perris
Cinematography	Carl Drews; Gotthardt Wolf;
Production; company	Super-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date	17 January 1929 (Germany); 17 August 1932 (U.S.);
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	Silent; German intertitles;

I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (German: Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame) is a 1929 German drama film directed by Robert Land starring Harry Liedtke and Marlene Dietrich.[1] It was released in the United States in 1932. It was produced by Super-Film. There is no dialogue in the original version of this film, which was silent, apart from the title-song by Ralph Erwin, text by Fritz Rotter, that had been specially recorded by Richard Tauber to be played during the screening. Tauber himself does not actually appear in the film.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Neppach.

Plot

Madame Gerard is a divorcee living the high life in Paris. Her current lover is the overweight Percy Talandier but then she meets Count Lerski and sets her sights on him. Then she hears from her ex-husband Adolphe that Lerski is not a count, but works as a waiter.

Cast

Harry Liedtke as Jacques/Count Lerski
Marlene Dietrich as Laurence Gerard
Pierre de Guingand as Adolphe Gerard
Charles Puffy as Percy Talandier
Richard Tauber as Vocalist

References

Chandler p. 59

Bibliography

Chandler, Charlotte. Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography. Simon and Schuster, 2011.

External links

I Kiss Your Hand, Madame on IMDb

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[1] Chandler p. 59