Mask in Blue (1953 film)

Mask in Blue (German: Maske in Blau) is a 1953 West German musical film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Paul Hubschmid and Wilfried Seyferth.^[1] It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was shot in Agfacolor. It is an operetta film based on the stage work of the same name composed by Fred Raymond. A previous film version was made in 1943.

Mask in Blue
German	Maske in Blau
Directed by	Georg Jacoby
Written by	Fritz Böttger Walter Forster Heinz Hentschke (operetta) Joachim Wedekind
Produced by	Max G. Hüske [de] Georg Jacoby
Starring	Marika Rökk Paul Hubschmid Wilfried Seyferth
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Lilian Seng [de] Walter von Bonhorst
Music by	Fred Raymond
Production companies	Bavaria Film Röja Film
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	26 February 1953 (1953-02-26)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Marika Rökk as Juliska Varady
• Paul Hubschmid as Armando Cellini
• Wilfried Seyferth as Orgando, Manager
• Walter Müller as Seppl Frauenhofer
• Ernst Waldow as Police Inspector Lamento
• Annie Rosar as Birri, Wardrobe Mistress
• Fritz Odemar as Theatre Director Corelli
• Helli Servi [de] as Putti Pierotti
• Rudolf Schündler as Stage Manager
• Peter W. Staub as Wat Nu, Chinese Servant
• Ulrich Bettac
• Kurt Reimann [de] as Singer

References

1. Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 241. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

External links

• Mask in Blue at IMDb