The Bird Seller (1935)
The film is an adaptation of the 1891 operetta Der Vogelhändler by composer Carl Zeller, with libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held, though it incorporates few of the original songs, using them mostly instrumentally or in the background. The plot follows Adam, a Tyrolean bird seller in 18th-century Rhineland, who hopes to marry his beloved Christl, a postmaster's daughter; to secure his future, she arranges for him to perform at court, but complications arise when she is mistakenly suspected of an affair with a philandering prince.
Director: E.W. Emo
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Maria Andergast as Christl von der Post |
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Wolf Albach-Retty as Adam der Vogelhändler |
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Lil Dagover as Die Kurfürstin |
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Hans Zesch-Ballot as Der Kurfürst |
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Georg Alexander as Graf Stanislaus |
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Genia Nikolaieva as Adelheid |
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Max Gülstorff as Hofjägermeitster |
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Gaston Briese as |
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Egon Brosig as |
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Gustl Gstettenbaur as |
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Arthur Hell as |
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Paul Mederow as |
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Paul Rehkopf as |
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Hans Schneider as |
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Franz Stein as |
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Jakob Tiedtke as |
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Wolfgang von Schwindt as |
| Directing | E.W. Emo | Director |
