The Land of Smiles (1952 film)

1952 film

The Land of Smiles

Directed by	Hans Deppe Erik Ode
Written by	Ludwig Herzer [de] (libretto) Fritz Löhner-Beda (libretto) Viktor Léon Axel Eggebrecht Hubert Marischka
Produced by	Kurt Ulrich
Starring	Mártha Eggerth Jan Kiepura Walter Müller Paul Hörbiger
Cinematography	Kurt Schulz
Edited by	Margarete Steinborn
Music by	Franz Lehár (operetta) Paul Dessau
Production company	Berolina Film
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	2 October 1952 (1952-10-02)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Land of Smiles (German: Das Land des Lächelns) is a 1952 West German operetta film directed by Hans Deppe and Erik Ode and starring Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura and Walter Müller. It is an adaptation of the operetta The Land of Smiles composed by Franz Lehár which had previously been made into a 1930 film starring Richard Tauber. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Thailand. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann, Peter Schlewski and Heinrich Weidemann.

Cast

Mártha Eggerth as Lissy Licht, Sängerin
Jan Kiepura as Sou Bawana Pantschur, Prinz von Javora
Walter Müller as Gustl Potter, ein junger Wiener
Paul Hörbiger as Professor Ferdinand Licht
Karin Von Dassel as Mi, Schwester von Prinz Sou
Karl Meixner as Exzellenz Tschang
Ludwig Schmitz as Kato
Brigitte Lwowsky as Chrysanthème

References

"Das LAND DES LÄCHELNS (1952)". BFI. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020.
Traubner p.249

Bibliography

Traubner, Richard. Operetta: A Theatrical History. Routledge, 2003.

External links

The Land of Smiles at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Hans Deppe
The Rider on the White Horse (1934) Hubertus Castle (1934) Holiday From Myself (1934) A Night of Change (1935) The Saint and Her Fool (1935) The Valiant Navigator (1935) The Three Around Christine (1936) Street Music (1936) The Hunter of Fall (1936) Meiseken (1937) Silence in the Forest (1937) Fools in the Snow (1938) Storms in May (1938) The Scoundrel (1939) The War of the Oxen (1943) A Salzburg Comedy (1943) A Man Like Maximilian (1945) No Place for Love (1947) Don't Play with Love (1949) How Do We Tell Our Children? (1949) The Cuckoos (1949) My Wife's Friends (1949) One Night Apart (1950) The Black Forest Girl (1950) The Heath Is Green (1951) Not Without Gisela (1951) Holiday From Myself (1952) The Prince of Pappenheim (1952) The Land of Smiles (1952) Secretly Still and Quiet (1953) When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953) The Great Lola (1954) The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954) The Country Schoolmaster (1954) The Ambassador's Wife (1955) Son Without a Home (1955) When the Alpine Roses Bloom (1955) The Priest from Kirchfeld (1955) Your Life Guards (1955) The Tour Guide of Lisbon (1956) My Brother Joshua (1956) A Thousand Melodies (1956) As Long as the Roses Bloom (1956) Beneath the Palms on the Blue Sea (1957) All Roads Lead Home (1957) Immer die Radfahrer (1958) Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958) Kein Mann zum Heiraten (1959) The Domestic Tyrant (1959) That's No Way to Land a Man (1959) Mandolins and Moonlight (1959) When the Heath Is in Bloom (1960) Guitars Sound Softly Through the Night (1960) Robert and Bertram (1961) I Must Go to the City (1962)

Films directed by Hans Deppe

The Rider on the White Horse (1934)
Hubertus Castle (1934)
Holiday From Myself (1934)
A Night of Change (1935)
The Saint and Her Fool (1935)
The Valiant Navigator (1935)
The Three Around Christine (1936)
Street Music (1936)
The Hunter of Fall (1936)
Meiseken (1937)
Silence in the Forest (1937)
Fools in the Snow (1938)
Storms in May (1938)
The Scoundrel (1939)
The War of the Oxen (1943)
A Salzburg Comedy (1943)
A Man Like Maximilian (1945)
No Place for Love (1947)
Don't Play with Love (1949)
How Do We Tell Our Children? (1949)
The Cuckoos (1949)
My Wife's Friends (1949)
One Night Apart (1950)
The Black Forest Girl (1950)
The Heath Is Green (1951)
Not Without Gisela (1951)
Holiday From Myself (1952)
The Prince of Pappenheim (1952)
The Land of Smiles (1952)
Secretly Still and Quiet (1953)
When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953)
The Great Lola (1954)
The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954)
The Country Schoolmaster (1954)
The Ambassador's Wife (1955)
Son Without a Home (1955)
When the Alpine Roses Bloom (1955)
The Priest from Kirchfeld (1955)
Your Life Guards (1955)
The Tour Guide of Lisbon (1956)
My Brother Joshua (1956)
A Thousand Melodies (1956)
As Long as the Roses Bloom (1956)
Beneath the Palms on the Blue Sea (1957)
All Roads Lead Home (1957)
Immer die Radfahrer (1958)
Thirteen Old Donkeys (1958)
Kein Mann zum Heiraten (1959)
The Domestic Tyrant (1959)
That's No Way to Land a Man (1959)
Mandolins and Moonlight (1959)
When the Heath Is in Bloom (1960)
Guitars Sound Softly Through the Night (1960)
Robert and Bertram (1961)
I Must Go to the City (1962)

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