The Court Concert

The Court Concert
Directed by	Douglas Sirk
Produced by	Bruno Duday
Written by	Toni Impekoven (play) Paul Verhoeven (play) Kurt Heynicke Franz Wallner-Basté Douglas Sirk
Starring	Mártha Eggerth Johannes Heesters Kurt Meisel Herbert Hübner
Music by	Edmund Nick Ferenc Vecsey
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Erich Kobler
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release dates	18 December 1936
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Court Concert (German:Das Hofkonzert) is a 1936 German historical romantic comedy film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters and Kurt Meisel.^[1] It was made by the largest German studio UFA, based on Das kleine Hofkonzert. It is part of a group of operetta films made during the 1930s.

A separate French-language version was also made.

Cast

Mártha Eggerth as Christine Holm aka Sängerin Belotti
Johannes Heesters as Leutnant Walter van Arnegg
Kurt Meisel as Leutnant Florian Schwälble
Herbert Hübner as Staatsminister von Arnegg
Ernst Waldow as Damewäschevertreter von Zunder
Alfred Abel as Dichter Knips
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Bibliothekar
Ingeborg von Kusserow as Zofe Babette
Hans Richter as Gefreiter der Grenzwache Veit
Rudolf Platte as Hofkapellmeister
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Oberst Flumms
Iwa Wanja as Sängerin Tamara Pinelli
Flockina von Platen as Gräfin Hadersdorff
Otto Treßler as Landesfürst Serenissimus
Edwin Jürgensen as Theaterintendant
Günther Ballier as Chefoffizier der Hofarchive
Ilse Sommer as Jüngere Hofdame
Werner Stock as Fotograf
Arnim Suessenguth as Offizier der Hofarchive
Toni Tetzlaff as Ältere Hofdame
Theodor Thony as Mitglied des Hoforchesters
Thea Truhlsen as Vertraute der Sängerin Pinelli
Inge Vesten as Jüngere Hofdame
Max Vierlinger as Geiger des Hoforchesters
Ruth von Zerboni as Vertraute der Gräfin Hadersdorff
Hildegard Friebel as Jüngere Hofdame
Hans Halden as Arzt
Carl Merznicht as Hornbläser des Hoforchesters
Oscar Sabo as Paukenspieler des Hoforchesters
Jac Diehl as Mitglied des Hofochesters
Berthold Ebbecke as Offizier der Hofarchive
Fritz Eckert as Offizier der Grenzwache
Johannes Bergfeldt as Lakai beim Hofkonzert
Fritz Berghof as Drehorgelspieler
Emmi de Néve
Rudolf Essek
Willi Schur

References

↑ Hake p.142

Bibliography

Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

The Court Concert at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Douglas Sirk

European films	't Was één April (1936) The Court Concert (1936) To New Shores (1937) La Habanera (1937) Boefje (1939)

American films	Hitler's Madman (1943) Summer Storm (1944) A Scandal in Paris (1946) Lured (1947) Sleep, My Love (1948) Shockproof (1949) The First Legion (1951) Thunder on the Hill (1951) Week-End with Father (1951) No Room for the Groom (1952) Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) Meet Me at the Fair (1953) Take Me to Town (1953) All I Desire (1953) Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) Magnificent Obsession (1954) Sign of the Pagan (1954) Captain Lightfoot (1955) All That Heaven Allows (1955) There's Always Tomorrow (1956) Never Say Goodbye (1956) Written on the Wind (1956) Battle Hymn (1957) Interlude (1957) The Tarnished Angels (1958) A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) Imitation of Life (1959)

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