Boccaccio (1936 film)

1936 film

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 (1936-07-31)

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

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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

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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

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* 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

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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

## Bibliography

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* 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.

## External links

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* Boccaccio at IMDb
* Review
* Boccaccio Film

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