Le Congrès S’amuse

Eric Charell, Jean Boyer


 

Titolo Alternativo: “Le Congrès Qui Danse”; Scen.: Jean Boyer, Basata Sulla Sceneggiatura Di Norbert Falk E Robert Liebmann; Int.: Lilian Harvey (Christel), Henri Garat (Zar Alessandro Di Russia/Uralsky, Suo Sosia), Armand Bernard (Bibikoff), Pierre Magnier (Metternich), Robert Arnoux (Pepi), Lil Dagover (Contessa), Odette Talazac (Principessa), Jean Dax (Talleyrand), Sinoël (Ministro Delle Finanze), Paul Ollivier (Sindaco Di Vienna), Tarquini D’or (Cantante); 35mm. L.: 2192 M. D.: 80’. Bn.

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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source

Film Notes

Made in German, French and English versions by UFA’s premier production unit headed by Erich Pommer, the film represents the technically brilliant pinnacle of the kind of celluloid-operetta/musical with which European cinema aimed to fend off Hollywood’s hegemony on the international market. It was the company’s most expensive feature of the 1931-32 season. The film is deeply rooted in the conventions of popular German stage operettas and the then fashionable genre of Wien-Filme. Not at all interested in History or the musical traditions of the early 19th century, its attraction and enormous success rests on spectacle, popular stars and catchy tunes, which have subsequently become true classics – as has the film itself, particularly with older German tv-audiences.

Horst Claus – Brighton University

In short

Director: Eric Charell, Jean Boyer

Year: 1931
Country: Germania
Running time: 80'
Film Version

French Version With Portuguese Subtitles

Sound
Sound
Edition
2004
Section
The Fragility of Happiness: German Musicals of the 1930s

Copy From

Print Made In 1985 From A Nitrate Positive Print
Extract Presented Within The Mlvs – Multiple And Multiple-Language Versions – Research Project