Ball at the Metropol
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| Directed by | Frank Wisbar |
| Written by | Wolf Neumeister Ilse M. Spath Frank Wisbar |
| Based on | Irrungen, Wirrungen by Theodor Fontane |
| Produced by | Fred Lyssa |
| Starring | Heinrich George Heinz von Cleve Hilde Weissner |
| Cinematography | Erich Claunigk |
| Edited by | Lena Neumann |
| Music by | Walter Kollo |
Production company | Neucophon Tonfilm-Produktion |
| Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Ball at the Metropol (German: Ball im Metropol) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Heinrich George, Heinz von Cleve and Hilde Weissner.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Maurischat and Anton Weber. It was based on the 1888 novel Irrungen, Wirrungen by Theodor Fontane.[3] It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.
Cast
- Heinrich George as Rudolf von Waltzien
- Heinz von Cleve as Eberhard von Waltzien
- Hilde Weissner as Margit Steltendorff
- Viktoria von Ballasko as Gertrude Selle
- Elsa Wagner as Frau Selle
- Ursula Weißbach as Lotte Schultze
- Katja Specht as Eva Kreßt
- Franz Schafheitlin as Steltendorff
- Fred Goebel as Studerke
- Leopold von Ledebur as Graf Kreßt
- Heinz Klockow as von Restrow
- S.O. Schoening as von Prißwitz
- Bob Bauer as von Puttkammer
- Frau Finkelnburg as Baronin Malchin
- Fanny Cotta as Direktrice des Modehauses
- William Huch as Diener bei Baron von Waltzien
- Fred Köster as Gast beim Ball im Metropol
- Karl Platen as Werner, Diener
- Achim von Biel as Gesandter
- Margitta Zonewa as Sängerin
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Nicolella, Henry. Frank Wisbar: The Director of Ferryman Maria, from Germany to America and Back. McFarland, 2018.
- Winkel, Roel Vande & Welch, David. Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.
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