Boccaccio (1936 film)

Boccaccio
Boccaccio
Directed by	Herbert Maisch
Written by	Emil Burri; Walter Forster;
Produced by	Max Pfeiffer
Starring	Albrecht Schoenhals; Gina Falckenberg; Willy Fritsch; Heli Finkenzeller;
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Franz Doelle
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	31 July 1936;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Boccaccio is a 1936 German historical musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Albrecht Schoenhals, Gina Falckenberg, and Willy Fritsch.^[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte.

Plot

Boccaccio is an operetta that relates how Nazis conceived the Italian Renaissance. Ferrara residents are carried up in a tide of emotion and physical passion. Before long, the town is in chaos.

Background

The film was produced by Universum-Film AG Berlin under the production management of Max Pfeiffer between mid-February and mid-April 1936 in the Ufa studios in Neubabelsberg and premiered on August 11, 1936, in the UFA-Palast (Berlin).^[2]

The film music was written by Franz Doelle, the lyrics by Charles Amberg. Individual songs such as "Bella Fiametta", "Alles, alles tu' ich aus Liebe" and "Radiant Sun" were published by Ufaton Verlag, interpreted by Charles Amberg.^[3]

Cast

Albrecht Schoenhals as Cesare d'Este
Gina Falckenberg as Francesca
Willy Fritsch as Petruccicio
Heli Finkenzeller as Fiametta
Paul Kemp as Calandrino
Fita Benkhoff as Bianca
Albert Florath as Bartolomeo
Tina Eilers as Pia
Ernst Waldow as Ricco
Hans Hermann Schaufuss as First Judge
Egon Vogel as Student

References

^ O'Brien, p. 47.
^ Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme: Filmlexikon der abendfüllenden deutschen und deutschsprachigen Tonfilme nach ihren deutschen Uraufführungen, Klaus Archiv Berlin 2006, S. 35
^ Wolfgang Adler: Schlagerchronik von 1892–1959, Bd. 3, Sender Freies Berlin, 1987, ISBN 978-3922564003

Bibliography

O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth (2004). Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Rochester, NY: Camden House. ISBN 978-1-57113-334-2.

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[FOOTNOTEO'Brien47-1] O'Brien, p. 47.

[2] Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme: Filmlexikon der abendfüllenden deutschen und deutschsprachigen Tonfilme nach ihren deutschen Uraufführungen, Klaus Archiv Berlin 2006, S. 35

[3] Wolfgang Adler: Schlagerchronik von 1892–1959, Bd. 3, Sender Freies Berlin, 1987, ISBN 978-3922564003

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