The Bird Seller (1962 film)

1962 film

The Bird Seller
The Kessler Sisters perform in a scene from the film

German	Der Vogelhändler

Directed by	Géza von Cziffra
Written by	Géza von Cziffra Ludwig Held (libretto) Moritz West (libretto)
Produced by	Kurt Hartmann Eberhard Meichsner
Starring	Cornelia Froboess Peter Weck Albert Rueprecht
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Werner Preuss
Music by	Hagen Galatis Carl Zeller (operetta)
Production company	Divina Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	3 August 1962 (1962-08-03)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Bird Seller (German: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1962 West German historical musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Cornelia Froboess, Peter Weck and Albert Rueprecht.

It is an operetta film, based on the stage work of the same title by Carl Zeller. Several other film adaptations have also been made.

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and at Linderhof Palace in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer.

Cast

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 137. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

v t e Films directed by Géza von Cziffra
Gulliver's Travels (1924) A Night in Venice (1934) Everything for the Woman (1934) St. Peter's Umbrella (1935) Villa for Sale (1935) The White Dream (1943) The Immortal Face (1947) The Heavenly Waltz (1948) The Queen of the Landstrasse (1948) Dangerous Guests (1949) Lambert Feels Threatened (1949) Gabriela (1950) Third from the Right (1950) The Man in Search of Himself (1950) Maya of the Seven Veils (1951) A Tale of Five Cities (1951) Dancing Stars (1952) The Colourful Dream (1952) The Flower of Hawaii (1953) The Singing Hotel (1953) Dancing in the Sun (1954) Money from the Air (1954) Bandits of the Autobahn (1955) The False Adam (1955) The Stolen Trousers (1956) Tante Wanda aus Uganda (1957) The Legs of Dolores (1957) Night Nurse Ingeborg (1958) So ein Millionär hat's schwer (1958) When She Starts, Look Out (1958) Peter Shoots Down the Bird (1959) Crime Tango (1960) The Adventures of Count Bobby (1961) Kauf dir einen bunten Luftballon (1961) Die Fledermaus (1962) The Bird Seller (1962) The Phone Rings Every Night (1962) The Sweet Life of Count Bobby (1962) Charley's Aunt (1963) Lana, Queen of the Amazons (1964) When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube (1965)

Films directed by Géza von Cziffra

v t e Film adaptations of Carl Zeller's Der Vogelhändler
Der Vogelhändler (1935) Rosen in Tirol (1940) Der Vogelhändler (1953) Der Vogelhändler (1962)

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