A Song Goes Round the World (German: Ein Lied geht um die Welt) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Joseph Schmidt, Viktor de Kowa and Charlotte Ander.[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.[2] An English-language version of the film was made My Song Goes Round the World by British International Pictures, also directed by Richard Oswald. The film serves as a semi-biopic of Joseph Schmidt, who appears in it himself. A 1958 film of the same name was also a biopic of Schmidt, who was by then dead.
A Song Goes Round the World | |
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Directed by | Richard Oswald |
Written by | Ernst Neubach Heinz Goldberg |
Produced by | Richard Oswald |
Starring | Joseph Schmidt Viktor de Kowa Charlotte Ander Fritz Kampers |
Cinematography | Reimar Kuntze |
Edited by | Friedel Buckow |
Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Rio-Film |
Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Cast
edit- Joseph Schmidt as Ricardo
- Viktor de Kowa as Rigo
- Charlotte Ander as Nina
- Fritz Kampers as Simoni
- Carl de Vogt as Theaterdirektor
- Carl Auen as Danto, Operndirektor
- Edith Karin as Seine Sekretärin
- Ida Perry as Wirtin
References
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edit- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1933. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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