Die Fledermaus
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Geza Von Cziffra
Peter Alexander
Marianne Koch
Marika Rökk
Boy Gobert
Hans Moser
Film Details
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Synopsis
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, the highlight of the season is the ball given by Prince Orlofsky. Pista von Bundassy, the Prince's friend, plans to use the ball to get even with his friend, the attorney Dr. Eisenstein, for a trick Eisenstein played on Bundassy at a carnival to which Bundassy came disguised as a bat. Bundassy arranges for Eisenstein to attend the prince's ball as "Marquis Renard." Bundassy and Basil Arabayam, one of Eisenstein's clients, also plan to trick the prince into selling or giving away some of his oil-rich land in Russia. To do this, they have invited "Marquise Renard" to the ball, who to Eisenstein's annoyance, turns out to be his own maid, Adele. Eisenstein's suspicious wife, Rosalinde, also attends the ball, disguised as Sonja Kowarowska, a famous Russian dancer. Rosalinde is kept busy trying to keep an eye on her husband while warding off the advances of Prince Orlofsky. The intrigues and counter-intrigues turn what started out as a harmless prank into a scandal which threatens to wreck the Eisenstein marriage. The generous Prince Orlofsky cleverly straightens things out, thereby assuring a happy ending.
Director
Geza Von Cziffra
Cast
Peter Alexander
Marianne Koch
Marika Rökk
Boy Gobert
Hans Moser
Willy Millowitsch
Gunther Philipp
Oskar Sima
Susi Nicoletti
Rolf Kutschera
Rudolf Carl
Carl Gernbach
Ellen Umlauf
Johannes Roth
Vienna State Opera Ballet
Vienna Volksopera Ballet
Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra
Crew
Helmut Bahr
Erich Becht
Alois Bednar
Geza Von Cziffra
Willy Dirtl
Otto Dworak
Kurt Feltz
Herbert Gruber
Karl Hermann
Arnd Heyne
Gudrun Hildebrandt
Frieda Jungwirth
Fritz Jüptner-jonstorff
Hans Jura
Fred Kollhanek
Stefan Kulhanek
Hermann Meroth
Elfriede Pröll
Josef Rücker
Alexander Sawczynski
Rolf Schmidt-gentner
Karl Schwetter
Paul Seltenhammer
Margrith Spitzer
Karl Ullmann
Leo Umyssa
Trude Vogel
Karlheinz Vogelmann
Willy Winterstein
Felix Wurzel
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Notes
Modern sources note that the French play on which Johann Strauss based his operetta was itself based on the German comedy Das Gefängnis by Roderich Bendix. The film was released in Austria in 1962. U.S. sources credit Herbert Gruber as producer, while sources abroad credit Karl Schwetter.
