Liebelei (film)

Liebelei
Directed by Max Ophüls
Produced by Christoph Mülleneisen [1]
Herman Millakowsky
Screenplay by Curt Alexander
Hans Wilhelm
Max Ophüls
Story by Felix Salten
Based on Liebelei 
by Arthur Schnitzler
Starring Magda Schneider
Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Music by Theo Mackeben
Cinematography Franz Planer
Edited by Friedel Buckow
Distributed by General Foreign Sales (US)
Release dates
March 10, 1933 (Germany)
February 27, 1936 (US)
Running time
88 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

Liebelei (1933) is a German film directed by Max Ophüls. The film, based on a play of the same name (Liebelei ) by Arthur Schnitzler, describes an ill-fated love affair.

Plot

A love affair between a young lieutenant and a musician's daughter ends tragically when the lieutenant is killed in a duel, and the girl commits suicide.

Remake

Ophüls later remade the film in France as Une histoire d'amour, using most of the original cast.

Cast

  1. Schneider's daughter, Romy Schneider, played the same role in the 1958 film Christine

References

  1. Liebelei, filmportal.de

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