Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical German musical heritage. This enchanting film, the very first opera production of DEFA, stands out because of its lavish decor and costumes, its outstanding actors and their masterful voices of that time.
Angelika Hauff
Susanna
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
Figaro
Sabine Peters
Gräfin Rosine
Mathieu Ahlersmeyer
Graf Almaviva
Elsa Wagner
Marcellina
Victor Janson
Dr. Bartolo
Alfred Balthoff
Basilio
Franz Weber
Don Curzio
Ernst Legal
Antonio
Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical German musical heritage. This enchanting film, the very first opera production of DEFA, stands out because of its lavish decor and costumes, its outstanding actors and their masterful voices of that time.
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Harper was one of the best dancers to hit Broadway, but an injury caused her to leave the spotlight, become a choreographer, and raise her daughter Mirabella. When Mirabella decides to quit the show to get married, her mother is determined to put a stop to the wedding and show Mirabella that she cannot give up her career for love.
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.