Daughter of the Regiment (1953 film)
Daughter of the Regiment (German: Die Regimentstochter) is a 1953 Austrian historical film comedy film directed by Georg C. Klaren and starring Aglaja Schmid, Robert Lindner, and Hermann Erhardt.[1] It is based on the storyline of the 1840 opera La fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti. The plot had previously been used for a 1929 silent film and a 1933 sound film, and another film version was made during 1953 by Géza von Bolváry.
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| Directed by | Georg C. Klaren |
| Produced by | J.A. Vesely |
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| Music by | Karl Pauspertl |
| Cinematography | Willi Sohm |
| Edited by | Josef Juvancic |
Production company | Nova-Film |
| Distributed by | Universal-Film |
Release date | September 1953 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
It was shot using Agfacolor at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by Leo Metzenbauer and Hans Zehetner.
A Tyrolean rifle regiment adopt a young baby girl they have rescued and she becomes the "Daughter of the Regiment". In 1811, as a full-grown woman she falls in love with one of the new recruits while the regiment battles French forces during the Napoleonic Wars.
Cast
- Aglaja Schmid as Marie
- Robert Lindner as Toni
- Hermann Erhardt as Sulpitz
- Dagny Servaes as Marquise
- Gusti Wolf as Annette
- Günther Haenel as Hortensio
- Elisabeth Markus as Herzogin
- Karl Fochler as Herzog
- Fritz Muliar as Hans
- Michael Janisch as Karl
- Anton Gaugl as Sepp
- Peter Klein as Anderl
- Auguste Welten
- Wiener Symphoniker as Play
References
- Fritsche, p. 61.
Bibliography
- Fritsche, Maria (2013). Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-946-6.