The Star of Rio (1940 film)

The Star of Rio (German: Stern von Rio) is a 1940 German comedy thriller film directed by Karl Anton and starring La Jana, Gustav Diessl and Harald Paulsen.^[1] In 1955 it was remade as a film of the same title.

The Star of Rio
German film poster
German	Stern von Rio
Directed by	Karl Anton
Written by	Felix von Eckardt Hans Fritz Köllner
Produced by	Heinrich Jonen
Starring	La Jana Gustav Diessl Harald Paulsen
Cinematography	Erich Grohmann Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Willy Engel-Berger
Production company	Tobis Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release date	20 March 1940 (1940-03-20)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• La Jana as Concha
• Gustav Diessl as Don Felipe Escobar
• Harald Paulsen as Jacobo
• Werner Scharf as Vincente
• Fritz Kampers as Pieter Jonken
• Max Gülstorff as Adrian
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Monsieur Louis Borinage
• Olaf Bach as Kempsey, the Brazilian police chief
• Gerhard Dammann as an old sailor in Amsterdam
• Karl Dannemann as a Dutch port police officer
• Ernst Dernburg as Brazilian consul
• Mia Elmenhorst
• Max Harry Ernst as spectator at Conchas Revue
• Karl Fochler
• Charles Francois as guest at Senor Felipe's garden party
• Karl Günther as Sörensen, concert agent
• Harry Hardt as Ribera, the secretary of Senor Felipe
• Kurt Iller
• Alfred Karen
• Charlie Kracker
• Ida Krill
• Henry Lorenzen
• Alfred Maack
• Heinz Müller
• Paul Otto as Ter Neer
• Grete Reinwald as Leiterin the diamond shower
• Else Reval as cleaning woman
• Ernst Rotmund
• Tine Schneider
• Wilfried Seyferth as journalist, the assistant of Herrn Hadrian
• Alfred Stratmann
• Eleonore Tappert
• Elisabeth von Ruets as old rich customer of the show
• Eugen Wolff