The Bird Seller (1953 film)

The Bird Seller (German: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1953 West German musical film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Ilse Werner, Wolf Albach-Retty and Eva Probst.[1]

The Bird Seller
German film poster
GermanDer Vogelhändler
Directed byArthur Maria Rabenalt
Written byCurt J. Braun
Ludwig Held [de] (libretto)
Moritz West [de] (libretto)
Produced byKurt Ulrich
Heinz Willeg
StarringIlse Werner
Wolf Albach-Retty
Eva Probst
CinematographyWilly Winterstein
Edited byFriedel Buckow
Music byBert Grund
Carl Zeller (operetta)
Production
company
Distributed byAllianz Filmverleih
Release date
  • 17 September 1953 (1953-09-17)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

An operetta film, it is one of several adaptations of the operetta The Bird Seller by Carl Zeller.

The film was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and shot in Agfacolor. The sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana.

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  1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 382. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

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