The Angel with the Trumpet (1948 film)
The Angel with the Trumpet (German: Der Engel mit der Posaune) is a 1948 Austrian historical drama film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Paula Wessely, Helene Thimig and Maria Schell.[1] It is based on the novel of the same name by Ernst Lothar. The film was remade in Britain in 1950, under the same title.
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| Directed by | Karl Hartl |
| Produced by | Karl Ehrlich |
| Written by | Ernst Lothar (novel) Karl Hartl Franz Tassié |
| Starring | Paula Wessely Helene Thimig Maria Schell |
| Music by | José Padilla Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| Cinematography | Günther Anders |
| Edited by | Josefine Ramerstorfer |
Production company | Neue Wiener Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Sascha-Verleih |
Release date | 19 August 1948 |
Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Niedermoser and Walter Schmiedel.
Plot
The head of a Viennese piano manufacturing firm marries the daughter of a Jewish academic. She has loved the Habsburg Crown Prince who can not marry her.[2]
Cast
- Paula Wessely as Henriette Stein
- Helene Thimig as Gretel Paskiewicz, geb. Alt
- Hedwig Bleibtreu as Sophie Alt
- Alma Seidler as Pauline Drauffen, geb. Alt
- Maria Schell as Selma Rosner
- Adrienne Gessner as Fürstin Pauline Metternich
- Erni Mangold as Martha Monica Alt
- Attila Hörbiger as Franz Alt
- Paul Hörbiger as Otto Eberhard Alt
- Hans Holt as Hans Alt
- Oskar Werner as Hermann Alt
- Fred Liewehr as Kronprinz Rudolf
- Curd Jürgens as Graf Leopold Thraun
- Anton Edthofer as Kaiser Franz Josef
- Gustav Waldau as Simmerl
- Karl Günther as Oberst Paskiewicz
- Hermann Erhardt as Josef Drauffen
- Alfred Neugebauer as Kriminalbeamter
- Karl Paryla as Czerny
- Karlheinz Böhm as Franz Alt jr.
References
- Fritsche p.232
- "The Angel with the Trumpet". Film Reference. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
Bibliography
- Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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