Mother Song (1937)
A romance between two temperamental singing stars. Highlights include a lengthy selection from Faust, with Gigli making a most impressive Mephistopheles. The plot takes a melodramatic turn towards the climax, with the lives of the characters mirrored in their on-stage behavior. Director Carmine Gallone was something of an expert in the field of filmed opera, as witness his Tosca, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore.
Director:
Carmine Gallone
Writers:
Thea von Harbou, Bernd Hoffmann.
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Beniamino Gigli as Ettore Vanni |
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Maria Cebotari as Fiamma Vanni (his wife) |
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Peter Bosse as Mario (his son) |
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Hans Moser as Giulio Stückelmeier |
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Michael Bohnen as Cesare Doret |
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Hilde Hildebrand as Ricarda Doret (his wife) |
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Alfred Gerasch as Director |
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Josef Dahmen as Stage manager |
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Werner Pledath as Doctor |
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Hilde Maroff as Nurse |
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Herbert Gernot as Lawyer |
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Philipp Lothar Mayring as |
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Rio Nobile as Chauffeur |
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Max Paetz as Garderobier |
| Directing | Carmine Gallone | Director |
| Art | Gabriel Pellon | Production Design |
| Art | Ernst Richter | Production Design |
| Art | Heinrich Richter | Production Design |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Story |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Screenplay |
| Art | Giorgio Pinzauti | Art Direction |
| Production | Max G. Hüske | Production Manager |
| Production | Alberto Giacalone | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Alois Melichar | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Max Paetz | Unit Manager |
| Production | Ferruccio Biancini | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Oswald Hafenrichter | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Jamitzky | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Georg Bruckbauer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Massimo Terzano | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Dannenberg | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Giorgio Simonelli | Editor |
| Directing | Ernesto Remani | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Cesare A. Bixio | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Aldo De Benedetti | Adaptation |
| Writing | Bernd Hoffmann | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bernd Hoffmann | Story |
| Writing | Leonhard Fürst | Novel |
| Writing | Philipp Lothar Mayring | Novel |
| Writing | Iwa Raffay | Novel |
| Writing | Ernst Günter Techow | Novel |
