Child of the Danube (German: Kind der Donau) is a 1950 Austrian musical film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Fred Liewehr and Harry Fuß. It was one of a cycle of popular musicals made by Jacoby and Rökk.[1] The film was shot using Agfacolor at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. Location shooting took place around Linz on the River Danube. The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.
| Child of the Danube | |
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| German | Kind der Donau |
| Directed by | Georg Jacoby |
| Written by | Georg Jacoby Friedrich Schreyvogel |
| Produced by | Karl Brenneis Josef A. Vesely |
| Starring | Marika Rökk Fred Liewehr Nadja Tiller |
| Cinematography | Hanns König Walter Riml |
| Edited by | Paula Dvorak Leontine Klicka |
| Music by | Nico Dostal |
Production companies | Nova-Film Wien-Film |
| Distributed by | Neue Filmverleih |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
Partial cast edit
- Marika Rökk as Marika
- Fred Liewehr as Georg
- Harry Fuß as Heinrich
- Fritz Muliar as Oskar
- Joseph Egger as Christoph
- Annie Rosar as Frau Kovacs
- Helli Servi as Edith
- Nadja Tiller as actress
- Erich Auer as tenor
- Karl Skraup as editor
References edit
- ^ Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007. p. 219. ISBN 1845455363.
Bibliography edit
- Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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