Dance into Happiness (1951 film)

Dance into Happiness (German: Tanz ins Glück) is a 1951 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Alfred Stöger and starring Johannes Heesters, Lucie Englisch and Waltraut Haas.[1] It is an operetta film, based on Whirled into Happiness composed by Robert Stolz. It was shot in Agfacolor. It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Bregenz and nearby Lake Constance in Vorarlberg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gabriel Pellon. It premiered on 20 October 1951 in Hanover and was not released in Austria until its release in Vienna on 26 February 1952.

Dance into Happiness
Directed byAlfred Stöger
Written byRobert Bodanzky (libretto)
Fritz Koselka
Lilian Belmont
Produced byAlfred Stöger
StarringJohannes Heesters
Lucie Englisch
Waltraut Haas
CinematographyHerbert Geier
Kurt Schulz
Edited byWalter von Bonhorst
Music byRobert Stolz (operetta)
Michael Jary
Production
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Wiener Mundus-Film
Distributed byHerzog-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 20 October 1951 (1951-10-20)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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Celebrated South American operetta singer Pedro Domingo returns to Europe after many years. He meets and falls in love with Rosmarie, a promising young singer, and invites her to tour with him. Their romance is threatened by the return of one of his flames, Inez Cavalcante from South America, and her conniving mother.

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References

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  1. ^ Fritsche p.245-46

Bibliography

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  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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