The Marriage of Figaro
Cast & Crew
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Joachim Hess
Director
Tom Krause
Count Almaviva
Arlene Saunders
Countess Marie Duvarre
Heinz Blankenburg
Figaro
Edith Mathis
Susanna
Elisabeth Steiner
Cherubino
Film Details
Also Known As
Die Hochzeit des Figaro
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jan
1970
Premiere Information
New York opening: 17 Jul 1970
Production Company
Polyphon Film & TV Productions
Distribution Company
Polytel International
Country
Germany (West)
Screenplay Information
Based on the opera Le nozze di Figaro , music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo De Ponte (Vienna, 1 May 1786), which was based on the play La folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Paris, 27 Apr 1784).
Technical Specs
Duration
3h 9m
Synopsis
The film is a cinematic adaptation of Mozart's opera.
Director
Joachim Hess
Director
Cast
Tom Krause
Count Almaviva
Arlene Saunders
Countess Marie Duvarre
Heinz Blankenburg
Figaro
Edith Mathis
Susanna
Elisabeth Steiner
Cherubino
Kurt Marschner
Basilio
Maria Von Ilosvay
Marzelline
Noel Mangin
Bartolo
Jurgen Forster
Don Curzio
Karl Otto
Antonio
Natalie Usselmann
Barbarina
Crew
Hamburg State Orchestra
Music played by
Rolf Liebermann
Producer
Ita Maximovna
Art Director
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music: "le nozze di figaro"
Rudolf Sander
Prod Supervisor
Hannes Schindler
Director of Photography
Gunther Schmidt Bohlander
Choirmaster
Hans Schmidt-isserstedt
Music Conductor
Gyula Trebitsch
Executive Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
Die Hochzeit des Figaro
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jan
1970
Premiere Information
New York opening: 17 Jul 1970
Production Company
Polyphon Film & TV Productions
Distribution Company
Polytel International
Country
Germany (West)
Screenplay Information
Based on the opera Le nozze di Figaro , music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo De Ponte (Vienna, 1 May 1786), which was based on the play La folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Paris, 27 Apr 1784).
Technical Specs
Duration
3h 9m
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Produced for West German television in 1968 as Die Hochzeit des Figaro.
Miscellaneous Notes
c Eastmancolor
17010 feet
rtg BBFC U
