Heesters attended the cinematic rerelease of this film last december. Peter alexander timeline featuring movies and other. Glucklich ist, wer vergisst peter alexander, marianne koch. And while some engage in the medieval reenactment for which it is known, others find joy in an endless parade of revelry that lasts well into the. Orlovsky is a trouser role a male character played by a woman but here we have the ridiculous situation of a male pretending to be a woman, pretending to be a man. With peter alexander, marianne koch, marika rokk, willy millowitsch. The operetta starts with a sparkling overture, with tunes from the last act and then the fledermaus waltz of the second act party.
With kiri te kanawa, hermann prey, dennis oneill, hildegard heichele. Much of the operettas charm is that it was written and set in 1874. On performance matters, this fledermaus was always spoiled and rendered uncompetitive by the ghastly dragshow orlovsky from iwan rebroff. For me, productions of shakespeare set in the 20th century are just wrong. The overture starts with a threenote motif, heard in the act iii trio of rosalinde, eisenstein her husband, and alfred her lover, who, mistaken for. With peter alexander, karin hubner, gunther philipp, maurice teynac. Pennsic provides an alternate reality from the normal festival experience. See more ideas about film, youtube and merry widow. The films sets were designed by the art directors fritz juptnerjonstorff and alexander sawczynski. Letuchaya mysh is a 1979 soviet twopart operetta film directed by yan frid. Search streaming video, audio, and text content for academic, public, and k12 institutions. Peter alexander, hans moser, willy millowitsch glucklich ist, wer vergisst peter alexander, marianne koch. The german tvchannel ard will premiere the restored version of this film on 14th december 2003, on the occasion of the 100th birthday of this movies leading actor johannes heesters. An adaption of the famous operetta, this musical follows a comedic mixup in which the wrong man is sent to prison while the criminal breaks hearts at a ball full of aristocrats.
It is based on johann strauss iis 1874 work of the same name. On 10 september 1872, a threeact french vaudeville play by henri meilhac and ludovic halevy, le reveillon, loosely based on the benedix farce, opened at the theatre du palaisroyal. Marianne koch, marika rokk, hans moser, peter alexander. Waltzes as intoxicating as champagne abound at prince orlofskys maskedball, where elaborate plots are uncorked and romantic entanglements go astray. With anny ondra, georg alexander, oskar sima, hans junkermann. The whole cast was great especially stephanie weiss in the lead role as rosalinda. A film version of the operetta of the same title, in which dr. Their play was first translated by carl haffner as a straight play to be produced in vienna. Peter alexander, marianne koch, marika rokk en hans moser. Placido domingo conducts this stunning rendition of johann strauss opera. Gabriel eisenstein ends up in prison when he was supposed to smuggle himself into a royal ball to persuade the princes wife to renounce her land. This 1962 film was incredibly disappointing, and in my mind only the awful and downright distasteful 2001 salzburg production was worse. The film was made by terra film, one of major german production companies of the nazi era.