The Tsarevich (1933 film)

The Tsarevich (German: Der Zarewitsch) is a 1933 German historical musical film directed by Victor Janson and starring Mártha Eggerth, Hans Söhnker and Ery Bos. It is based on the 1927 operetta Der Zarewitsch by Franz Lehar.^[1] It was one of a number of operetta film that Eggerth appeared in during the decade.

The Tsarevich
German film poster
German	Der Zarewitsch
Directed by	Victor Janson
Written by	Gabriela Zapolska (play) Bela Jenbach (libretto) Heinz Reichert [de] (libretto) Georg Zoch
Produced by	Edward Mühlert Fritz Reinhardt
Starring	Mártha Eggerth Hans Söhnker Ery Bos
Cinematography	Karl Puth Bruno Timm
Edited by	Ludolf Grisebach Roger von Norman
Music by	Franz Lehár
Production company	Prima-Tonfilm
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	6 October 1933 (1933-10-06)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by Walter Haag and Franz Schroedter. A separate French-language version Son Altesse Impériale [fr] was also released.

Cast

• Mártha Eggerth as Mary Collin
• Hans Söhnker as Der Zarewitsch
• Ery Bos as Prinzessin Dorothea
• Ida Wüst as Gräfin Landa
• Georg Alexander as Fürst Symoff
• Otto Wallburg as Graf Narkyn
• Anton Pointner as Ein Adjutant
• Paul Otto as Der Großfürst
• Max Gülstorff as Berthel
• Paul Heidemann as Iwan
• Hans Joachim Schaufuß as Stups

See also

• The Tsarevich (1929)
• The Little Czar (1954)

References

1. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1027. ISBN 3598114923.

External links

• The Tsarevich at IMDb