Operette

Overview

Operetta (German: Operette) is a 1940 musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by Vienna Blood (1942) and Viennese Girls (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city. It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film.

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Willi Forst

Franz Jauner

Maria Holst

Marie Geistinger

Dora Komar

Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau

Paul Hörbiger

Alexander Girardi

Leo Slezak

Franz von Suppé

Curd Jürgens

Karl Millöcker

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