The Bartered Bride (1932 film)
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The Bartered Bride is a 1932 German film directed by Max Ophüls
and based on the comic opera
with the same name
by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana
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Max Ophüls
Maximillian Oppenheimer — known as Max Ophüls — was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany , France , the United States , and France again...
and based on the comic opera
Comic opera
Comic opera denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature, usually with a happy ending.Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, opera buffa, emerged as an alternative to opera seria...
with the same name
The Bartered Bride
The Bartered Bride is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The opera is considered to have made a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863–66, and first performed at the...
by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana
Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music...
.
Cast
- Jarmila NovotnáJarmila NovotnáJarmila Novotná was a celebrated Czech soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera.-Early career:...
as Marie - Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender as Hans
- Karl ValentinKarl ValentinKarl Valentin was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture...
as Rudolph Brummer - Liesl Karlstadt as Katinka Brummer
- Paul Kemp as Wenzel
- Annemarie Sörensen as Esmeralda Brummer, their daughter
- Max SchreckMax SchreckFriedrich Gustav Max Schreck was a German actor. He is most often remembered today for his lead role in the film Nosferatu .-Early life:Max Schreck was born in Berlin-Friedenau, on 6 September 1879....
as Muff, ein Komödiant - Hans Appel
- Ernst ZieglerErnst ZieglerErnst Ziegler , born Ernst Aldoff, was a German actor.Ziegler began his film career in 1932, appearing in the German film Die verkaufte Braut . He went on to act in other German films and on German television. In 1970, he appeared in the American film Something for Everyone, starring Angela Lansbury...
- Max Nadler as Burgermeister
- Hermann Kner as Micha
- Maria Janowska as Micha's Wife, Agnes
- Karl Riedel as First policeman
- Georg Holl as Second policeman
- Richard Ryen
- Lothar Körner
- Lotte Deyers
- Mary Weiß
- Trude Haefelin
- Dominik Löscher
- Kurt Horwitz as Singer
- Therese GiehseTherese GiehseTherese Giehse , born Therese Gift, was a distinguished German actress. Born in Munich to German-Jewish parents, she first appeared on the stage in 1920. She became a major star on stage, in films, and in political cabaret...
as Photo Concession Barker - Eduard Mathes-Roeckel
- Max Duffek
- Beppo BremBeppo Brem-Selected filmography:* The Bartered Bride * Um das Menschenrecht * The Private's Job * Meiseken * Quax in Afrika * Elephant Fury * Winter in the Woods * Season in Salzburg...
as Bauernpursch
Soundtrack
- "Overture"
- Otto Wernicke, Paul Kemp, Max Nadler and Maria Janowska - "Alles ist so gut wie richtig"
- "Das ist treue Liebe"
- Jarmila Novotná and Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender - "Fliesse, Wasser, Fliesse
- chorus - "Bohemian Folk Dance"
- Jarmila Novotná - "Jungfrau Maria"
- Jarmila Novotná and Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender - "Heut Bin Ich Dein, Jetzt Bist Du Mein"
- Jarmila Novotná - "Wenn Du gehts, Ich Will nicht Klagen"
- Otto Wernike and Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender - "Ohne Dukaten bist Du verraten"
- Otto Wernicke, chorus and Jarmila Novotná - "Ruhe, Ruhe nur Geduld"
- chorus - "Er verkaufte seine Braut"
- Annemarie Sörensen - "Alles geht am Schuerchen"
- "Prodaná nevesta" (Written by Bedrich SmetanaBedrich SmetanaBedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music...
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