A Song Goes Round the World (German: Ein Lied geht um die Welt) is a 1958 West German musical film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Hans Reiser, Sabine Sesselmann, and Ruth Stephan.[1] The film is a biopic of the singer and film actor Joseph Schmidt. The title is a reference to his best-known song and a 1933 film of the same title in which he starred.
| A Song Goes Round the World | |
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| Directed by | Géza von Bolváry |
| Written by | Ernst Neubach |
| Produced by | Ernst Neubach |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ernst W. Kalinke |
| Edited by | Anneliese Schönnenbeck |
| Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Neubach Film |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Richter.
Cast
edit- Hans Reiser as Joseph Schmidt
- Sabine Sesselmann as Brigitte von Hilden
- Ruth Stephan as Malvine
- Theo Lingen as Himmel
- Karl Lieffen as Pianist Schlange
- Annie Rosar as Mutter Schmidt
- Susanne Korda as Renée
- Lotte Ledl as Mizzi
- Hans Hais
- Johanna Hofer as Frau von Hilden
- Käthe Itter
- Wolf Petersen
- Max Strassberg as Strassberg
- Jaspar von Oertzen
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 51.
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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