| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Christel Bodenstein, Claus Schulz, Fanny Daal, Fred Frohberg, Gerry Wolff, Hans Klering, Helga Brauer, Jochen Thomas, Johannes Arpe, Julia Axen, Manfred Krug, Nicole Félix, Werner Lierck, Willi Schwabe |
| Event |
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1962. |
| Summary |
Famous producer Otto Kruse brags that he will produce a successful, new kind of revue film. When the project is close to failing, he orders his stage manager to "do what it takes." Soon his young female assistant finds herself holding a dramaturg, composer and set designer hostage in a villa-with orders to keep them there until they create a cheerful revue film. The hostages fear it is impossible to please both the public and the critics. Only a young, brash, unknown musician who has insinuated himself into the group is enthusiastically inspired to create an opulent film revue and impress the young assistant producer. This East German backstage film musical-a colorful spectacle and tour de force of music and dance, is filled with clever references to Hollywood revues. It exemplifies the GDR's push to create box-office hits and compete with West German productions. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Motion pictures, German.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures.
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Comedy.
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German language.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Kolditz, Gottfried, 1922-1982, film director.
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Bodenstein, Christel, actor.
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Schulz, Claus, actor.
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Daal, Fanny, actor.
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Frohberg, Fred, 1925-2000, actor.
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Wolff, Gerry, 1920-2005, actor.
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Klering, Hans, 1906-1988, actor.
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Brauer, Helga, actor.
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Thomas, Jochen, actor.
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Arpe, Johannes, actor.
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Axen, Julia, actor.
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Krug, Manfred, 1937-2016, actor.
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Félix, Nicole, actor.
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Lierck, Werner, actor.
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Schwabe, Willi, actor.
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst. DEFA Film Library. Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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| Music No. |
6371237 Kanopy |
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