The Bird Seller (1935 film)

The Bird Seller (German: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1935 German musical comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Maria Andergast, Wolf Albach-Retty, and Lil Dagover.^[1] It is an operetta film, based on the work of the same name by Carl Zeller.

The Bird Seller
German film poster
German	Der Vogelhändler
Directed by	E. W. Emo
Written by	Max Wallner Ludwig Held (libretto) Moritz West (libretto)
Starring	Maria Andergast Wolf Albach-Retty Lil Dagover
Cinematography	Ewald Daub
Music by	Carl Zeller (operetta) Fritz Wenneis
Production company	Majestic-Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film Sascha Film (Austria)
Release date	26 September 1935 (1935-09-26)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Maria Andergast as Christl von der Post
• Wolf Albach-Retty as Adam, the bird seller
• Lil Dagover as Electress
• Hans Zesch-Ballot as Prince-elector
• Genia Nikolaieva as Adelheid
• Georg Alexander as Count Stanislaus
• Max Gülstorff as Hofjägermeitster
• Gaston Briese
• Egon Brosig [de; es]
• Gustl Gstettenbaur
• Arthur Hell
• Paul Mederow
• Paul Rehkopf
• Hans Schneider
• Franz Stein
• Jakob Tiedtke
• Wolfgang von Schwindt

See also

• Roses in Tyrol (1940)
• The Bird Seller (1953)
• Die Christel von der Post (1956)
• The Bird Seller (1962)

References

1. Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 78. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

External links

• The Bird Seller at IMDb