The Blue Star of the South
| The Blue Star of the South | |
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
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| Produced by | Karl Ehrlich |
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| Cinematography | Günther Anders |
| Music by | |
Production company | Vindobona-Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Schorcht Filmverleih |
Release date | 22 December 1951 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
The Blue Star of the South (German: Der blaue Stern des Südens) is a 1951 Austrian comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Viktor de Kowa, Gustav Knuth and Gretl Schörg.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Hamburg and Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht.
Cast[edit]
- Viktor de Kowa as Ivo
- Gustav Knuth as Bruck
- Gretl Schörg as Yella
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Niccolini
- Charlott Daudert as Sonja
- Ernst Waldow as Kriminalrat Dr. Klein
- Hanna Ralph as Oberin Madeleine
- Paula Braend as Frau Murtus
- Katharina Mayberg as Nelitze
- Michael Tellering as Frisco-Jim
- Malte Jaeger as Marcel, ein Apache
- Harald Mannl as Meyrink
References[edit]
- ^ Fritsche p.241
Bibliography[edit]
- Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links[edit]
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Categories:
- 1951 films
- 1950s crime comedy films
- Austrian crime comedy films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
- Austrian black-and-white films
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- Films shot in Hamburg
- Films shot in Paris
- Films scored by Franz Grothe
- Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski
- Austrian film stubs
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