The Bird Seller (1935)

7.0/10 76 min Comedy Romance

Overview

The film is an adaptation of the 1891 operetta Der Vogelhändler by composer Carl Zeller, with libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held, though it incorporates few of the original songs, using them mostly instrumentally or in the background. The plot follows Adam, a Tyrolean bird seller in 18th-century Rhineland, who hopes to marry his beloved Christl, a postmaster's daughter; to secure his future, she arranges for him to perform at court, but complications arise when she is mistakenly suspected of an affair with a philandering prince.

Cast

Maria Andergast

Christl von der Post

Wolf Albach-Retty

Adam der Vogelhändler

Lil Dagover

Die Kurfürstin

Hans Zesch-Ballot

Der Kurfürst

Georg Alexander

Graf Stanislaus

Genia Nikolaieva

Adelheid

Max Gülstorff

Hofjägermeitster

Egon Brosig

Gustl Gstettenbaur

Paul Rehkopf

Jakob Tiedtke

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