Operette
1940Operetta (German: Operette) is a 1940 musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by Vienna Blood (1942) and Viennese Girls (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city. It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film.
Acted in
Willi Forst
as Franz Jauner
Maria Holst
as Marie Geistinger
Dora Komar
as Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau
Paul Hörbiger
as Alexander Girardi
Leo Slezak
as Franz von Suppé
Curd Jürgens
as Karl Millöcker
Gustav Waldau
as Ferdinand
Edmund Schellhammer
as Johann Strauß
Siegfried Breuer
as Fürst Hohenburg
Theodor Danegger
as Tundler
Trude Marlen
as Antonie Link
Viktor Heim
as Hans Makart
Alfred Neugebauer
as Graf Esterhazy
Heinz Woester
as Prof. Dr. Eichgraber
Ferdinand Mayerhofer
as Dr. Molzer - Rechtsanwalt
Gisa Wurm
as Frau Bramezberger
Wilhelm Leicht
as Theaterdirektor in Krems
Fred Hülgerth
as Tenor Czika
Lia Bayer
Franz Borsos
Lorenz Corvinus
Hans Fetscherin
Pepi Glöckner-Kramer
Hansi Koller
Hill Larsen
Oskar Pouché
Ernst Reitter
Johannes Roth
Louis Soldan
Josef Stiegler
Agnes Tassopulos
Oskar Wegrostek
Klaus Pohl
Ady Berber
Wilhelm Heim
as Hans Makart