Operette

Operette (1940) is a music, drama film directed by Willi Forst rated 7.2/10.

A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.

Cast

Willi Forst

Franz Jauner

Maria Holst

Marie Geistinger

Dora Komar

Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau

Paul Hörbiger

Alexander Girardi

Leo Slezak

Franz von Suppé

Curd Jürgens

Karl Millöcker

Gustav Waldau

Ferdinand

Edmund Schellhammer

Johann Strauß

Siegfried Breuer

Fürst Hohenburg

Theodor Danegger

Tundler

Trude Marlen

Antonie Link

Viktor Heim

Hans Makart