The Swedish Nightingale (film)
| The Swedish Nightingale | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Paul Brauer |
| Produced by | Ernst Günter Techow |
| Written by |
Friedrich Forster-Burggraf (play) Henry Lemarchand Per Schwenzen Gert von Klaß |
| Starring |
Ilse Werner Karl Ludwig Diehl Joachim Gottschalk Aribert Wäscher |
| Music by | Franz Grothe |
| Cinematography | Ewald Daub |
| Edited by | Alice Ludwig |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release date | 9 April 1941 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Swedish Nightingale (German:Die schwedische Nachtigall) is a 1941 German musical film directed by Peter Paul Brauer and starring Ilse Werner, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Joachim Gottschalk.[1] The film is based on a play by Friedrich Forster-Burggraf set in nineteenth century Copenhagen. It portrays a romance between the writer Hans Christian Andersen and the opera singer Jenny Lind the "Swedish Nightingale" of the title.
It is noteworthy that at the time when the film was made, Germany was keeping Denmark under military occupation but attempting a relatively conciliatory attitude towards the occupied Danes. Germany was also making an effort to keep good relations with the neutral Sweden. The theme of the film - made at a time when Joseph Goebbles' Propaganda Ministry kept tight control of the German film industry - obviously fit well with these policy aims.
Cast
- Ilse Werner as Jenny Lind
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Count Rantzau
- Joachim Gottschalk as Hans Christian Andersen
- Aribert Wäscher as Peer Upän
- Marianne Simson as Karin Nielsson
- Hans Leibelt as Theatre Director
- Emil Heß as Thorwaldsen
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Orchestra Conductor
- Volker von Collande as Olaf Larsson
- Käte Kühl as Frl. Rindom, Sängerin
- Ruth Lommel as Eine Debütantin
- Elga Brink as Gräfin Ebba Douglas
- Erich Dunskus as Postmeister
- Angelo Ferrari as Italienischer Gastwirt
- Werner Stock as Prinz Schweinehirt
- Jakob Tiedtke as Kaiser
- Wilfried Seyferth as Hofjunker
- Alwin Lippisch as Leibarzt
- Charlotte Schellhorn as Küchenmädchen
- Ernst Sattler as Axel Lind
- Jeanette Bethge as Frau Tostrup, Andersens Haushälterin
- Siegfried von Geldern as Tenor
- Erwin Hoffmann as Ballettmeister
- Walter Bechmann as Theatersekretär
- Franz Stein as Hofuhrmacher
- Bernhard Goetzke as Tod
- Erna Berger as Solostimme und Stimme der Nachtigall
- Lillie Claus as Singer
- France Clery as Singer
- Karl Hellmer
- Rudolf Schündler
- Ingeborg Albert
- Curt Cappi
- Elsa Andrä Beyer
- Franz Arzdorf
- Max Dietze
- Irene Fischer
- Gustl Kreusch
- Peter C. Leska
- Willy Melas
- Hans Reiners
- Ernst Rotmund
- Otto Sauter-Sarto
- Karl Wagner
- Hanns Waschatko
- Bruno Ziener
References
- ↑ Hake p.215
Bibliography
- Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.