Ball at the Metropol
Directed byFrank Wisbar
Written byWolf Neumeister
Ilse M. Spath
Frank Wisbar
Based onIrrungen, Wirrungen by Theodor Fontane
Produced byFred Lyssa
StarringHeinrich George
Heinz von Cleve
Hilde Weissner
CinematographyErich Claunigk
Edited byLena Neumann
Music byWalter Kollo
Production
company
Neucophon Tonfilm-Produktion
Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
26 January 1937
Running time
84 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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

  1. Nicolella p.94
  2. Cinema and the Swastika p.198
  3. Goble p.162

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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