The Star of Rio (1955 film)

The Star of Rio (German: Stern von Rio) is a 1955 West German-Italian adventure film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Maria Frau, Johannes Heesters and Willy Fritsch. It is a remake of the 1940 film of the same title.

The Star of Rio
German film poster
German	Stern von Rio
Directed by	Kurt Neumann
Written by	Frederick Kohner Hans Fritz Köllner
Produced by	Artur Brauner Frank Clifford Italo Zingarelli
Starring	Maria Frau Johannes Heesters Willy Fritsch
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli Walter Wischniewsky
Music by	Willy Mattes
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Allianz Filmverleih
Release date	9 April 1955 (1955-04-09)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	West Germany Italy
Languages	German Italian

It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in Brazil with separate German and Italian versions.^[1]

Cast

• Maria Frau as Chiquita
• Johannes Heesters as Don Felipe
• Willy Fritsch as Silvester
• Jester Naefe as Dina
• Franco Andrei as Vincente
• Folco Lulli as Mario
• Reinhard Kolldehoff as Torres
• Kathrin Kohner as Bibi
• Stanislav Ledinek as Jao
• Hans Stiebner as Goldschmied
• Mona Baptiste as Sängerin
• Roger George as Tänzer
• Lilo Herbeth as Tänzerin
• Günther Keil
• Franz-Otto Krüger
• Annaluise Schubert as Tänzerin
• Franz Stein
• Rolf Weih