The Land of Smiles (1952 film)

1952 film

The Land of Smiles

Directed by|

* Hans Deppe
* Erik Ode

Written by|

* Ludwig Herzer [de] (libretto)
* Fritz Löhner-Beda (libretto)
* Viktor Léon
* Axel Eggebrecht
* Hubert Marischka

Produced by| Kurt Ulrich
Starring|

* Mártha Eggerth
* Jan Kiepura
* Walter Müller
* Paul Hörbiger

Cinematography| Kurt Schulz
Edited by| Margarete Steinborn
Music by|

* Franz Lehár (operetta)
* Paul Dessau

Production
company

Berolina Film

Distributed by| Herzog-Filmverleih

Release date

| 2 October 1952

Running time

| 107 minutes
Country| West Germany
Language| German

The Land of Smiles (German: Das Land des Lächelns) is a 1952 West German operetta film directed by Hans Deppe and Erik Ode and starring Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura and Walter Müller.[1] It is an adaptation of the operetta The Land of Smiles composed by Franz Lehár which had previously been made into a 1930 film starring Richard Tauber.[2] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Thailand. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann, Peter Schlewski and Heinrich Weidemann.

## Cast[edit]

* Mártha Eggerth as Lissy Licht, Sängerin
* Jan Kiepura as Sou Bawana Pantschur, Prinz von Javora
* Walter Müller as Gustl Potter, ein junger Wiener
* Paul Hörbiger as Professor Ferdinand Licht
* Karin Von Dassel as Mi, Schwester von Prinz Sou
* Karl Meixner as Exzellenz Tschang
* Ludwig Schmitz as Kato
* Brigitte Lwowsky as Chrysanthème

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Das LAND DES LÄCHELNS (1952)". BFI. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020.
2. ^ Traubner p.249

## Bibliography[edit]

* Traubner, Richard. Operetta: A Theatrical History. Routledge, 2003.

## External links[edit]

* The Land of Smiles at IMDb

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Films directed by Hans Deppe

* The Rider on the White Horse (1934)
* Hubertus Castle (1934)
* Holiday From Myself (1934)
* A Night of Change (1935)
* The Saint and Her Fool (1935)
* The Valiant Navigator (1935)
* The Three Around Christine (1936)
* Street Music (1936)
* The Hunter of Fall (1936)
* Meiseken (1937)
* Silence in the Forest (1937)
* Fools in the Snow (1938)
* Storms in May (1938)
* The Scoundrel (1939)
* The War of the Oxen (1943)
* A Salzburg Comedy (1943)
* A Man Like Maximilian (1945)
* No Place for Love (1947)
* Don't Play with Love (1949)
* How Do We Tell Our Children? (1949)
* The Cuckoos (1949)
* My Wife's Friends (1949)
* One Night Apart (1950)
* The Black Forest Girl (1950)
* The Heath Is Green (1951)
* Not Without Gisela (1951)
* Holiday From Myself (1952)
* The Prince of Pappenheim (1952)
* The Land of Smiles (1952)
* Secretly Still and Quiet (1953)
* When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953)
* The Great Lola (1954)
* The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954)
* The Country Schoolmaster (1954)
* The Ambassador's Wife (1955)
* Son Without a Home (1955)
* When the Alpine Roses Bloom (1955)
* The Priest from Kirchfeld (1955)
* Your Life Guards (1955)
* The Tour Guide of Lisbon (1956)
* My Brother Joshua (1956)
* A Thousand Melodies (1956)
* As Long as the Roses Bloom (1956)
* Beneath the Palms on the Blue Sea (1957)
* All Roads Lead Home (1957)
* Immer die Radfahrer (1958)
* Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958)
* Kein Mann zum Heiraten (1959)
* The Domestic Tyrant (1959)
* That's No Way to Land a Man (1959)
* Mandolins and Moonlight (1959)
* When the Heath Is in Bloom (1960)
* Guitars Sound Softly Through the Night (1960)
* Robert and Bertram (1961)
* I Must Go to the City (1962)

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