Daughter of the Regiment (German: Die Tochter des Regiments) is a 1933 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Werner Fuetterer and Adele Sandrock.[1] It is loosely based on the 1840 opera La fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti, with the setting updated from the Napoleonic to the First World War. A separate French-language version was also released, with Ondra reprising her role.
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| German | Die Tochter des Regiments |
| Directed by | Carl Lamac |
| Written by | Hans H. Zerlett |
| Produced by | Artur Hohenberg Nikolaus Nowik |
| Starring | Anny Ondra Werner Fuetterer Adele Sandrock |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller Ernst Mühlrad Kurt Neubert |
| Music by | Jára Benes Curt Lewinnek |
Production companies | Ondra-Lamac-Film Vandor Film |
| Distributed by | Kiba Kinobetriebsanstalt (Austria) |
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| Countries | Austria Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
editA baby girl is found and rescued by a Scottish regiment during the First World War and adopted as the regiment's daughter. Many years later she is a grown-up when the Highlanders are sent on a special mission to the mountains of Bavaria to crack down on whiskey smugglers.
Cast
edit- Anny Ondra as Mary Dreizehn
- Werner Fuetterer as Lord Robert
- Adele Sandrock as Lady Diana Heddingbroke
- Otto Wallburg as Sergeant Bully
- Jean Aymé as Jerome
- Albert Heine as General
- Fritz Heller
- Fritz Imhoff
- Walter Jensen
- Josef Rovenský
- Franz Schafheitlin as Major
- Willy Stettner as Leutnant William
- Ilka Thimm as Lady Georgia Bettersford
- Max Willenz
References
edit- ^ Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-7864-3861-7.
External links
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