Fireworks (German: Feuerwerk) is a 1954 West German period musical comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Lilli Palmer, Karl Schönböck, and Romy Schneider. Palmer's rendition of the song "O mein Papa" became a major hit.[1] It was Palmer's debut film in her native Germany, having spent many years in exile in Britain, and launched her career as a major star in the country.
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| Feuerwerk | |
| Directed by | Kurt Hoffmann |
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| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Günther Anders |
| Edited by | Claus von Boro |
| Music by | Paul Burkhard |
Production company | N.D.F. Produktion |
| Distributed by | Schorcht Filmverleih |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film is based on the 1950 stage musical Das Feuerwerk partly written by Erik Charell. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on ___location in Switzerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting.
It is a circus film set at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Cast
edit- Lilli Palmer as Iduna
- Karl Schönböck as Alexander Oberholzer
- Romy Schneider as Anna Oberholzer
- Claus Biederstaedt as Robert
- Werner Hinz as Albert Oberholzer
- Rudolf Vogel as Onkel Gustav, an uncle
- Margarete Haagen as Kathi
- Ernst Waldow as Onkel Wilhelm
- Liesl Karlstadt as Tante Berta, an aunt
- Käthe Haack as Karoline Oberholzer
- Lina Carstens as Tante Paula
- Michl Lang as Onkel Fritz
- Charlotte Witthauer as Tante Alwine
- Tatjana Sais as Madame Sperling
- Willy Reichert as Bahnhofsvorsteher (that is station master)
- Hans Clarin as ein Zirkusangestellter (works at the circus)
- Michael Cramer as sein Kollege (works at the circus, too)
- Christiane Maybach as Jasmine
- Klaus Pohl as Piepereit
References
edit- ^ Bock & Berfelder, p. 356.
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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