The Court Concert

The Court Concert (1936) is a romance, comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk rated 5.5/10.

Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.

Cast

Mártha Eggerth

Christine Holm alias Sängerin Belotti

Johannes Heesters

Leutnant Walter von Arnegg

Herbert Hübner

Staatsminister von Arnegg

Ernst Waldow

Damenwäschevertreter von Zunder

Hans Richter

Gefreiter Veit

Kurt Meisel

Leutnant Florian Schwälble

Rudolf Platte

Hofkapellmeister

Otto Treßler

Landesfürst Serenissimus

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Oberst Flumms

Flockina von Platen

Gräfin Hadersdorff

Ingeborg von Kusserow

Zofe Babette

Alfred Abel

Dichter Knips