The Court Concert

The Court Concert (German: Das Hofkonzert) is a 1936 German historical romantic comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters and Kurt Meisel.[1] It was made by the largest German studio UFA, based on Das kleine Hofkonzert. It is part of a group of operetta films made during the 1930s. A separate French-language version was also made.

The Court Concert
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Directed byDouglas Sirk
Produced byBruno Duday
Written by
  • Toni Impekoven (play)
  • Paul Verhoeven (play)
  • Kurt Heynicke
  • Franz Wallner-Basté
  • Douglas Sirk
Starring
Music by
CinematographyFranz Weihmayr
Edited byErich Kobler
Production
company
UFA
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 18 December 1936 (1936-12-18)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

It was remade by Tobis Film in the later stages of the Second World War using agfacolor, but the resulting film didn't get a release until 1948.

Cast

References

  1. Hake p. 142

Bibliography

  • Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.


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