The Court Concert
1936Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.
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Mártha Eggerth
as Christine Holm alias Sängerin Belotti
Johannes Heesters
as Leutnant Walter von Arnegg
Herbert Hübner
as Staatsminister von Arnegg
Ernst Waldow
as Damenwäschevertreter von Zunder
Hans Richter
as Gefreiter Veit
Kurt Meisel
as Leutnant Florian Schwälble
Rudolf Platte
as Hofkapellmeister
Otto Treßler
as Landesfürst Serenissimus
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
as Oberst Flumms
Flockina von Platen
as Gräfin Hadersdorff
Ingeborg von Kusserow
as Zofe Babette
Alfred Abel
as Dichter Knips
Edwin Jürgensen
as Theaterintendant
Iwa Wanja
as Sängerin Tamara Pinelli
Günther Ballier
as Chefoffizier der Hofarchive