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Vanished Melody

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Vanished Melody
Directed byEduard von Borsody
Written byJohannes Mario Simmel
Eduard von Borsody
Produced byJosef A. Vesely
StarringElfie Mayerhofer
Robert Lindner
Evelyn Künneke
CinematographyHelmuth Ashley
Edited byPaula Dvorak
Maria Schmid
Music byWilly Schmidt-Gentner
Production
companies
Nova-Film
Wien-Film
Distributed byUniversal-Film
Release date
  • 27 June 1952 (1952-06-27)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Vanished Melody (German: Verlorene Melodie) is a 1952 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Eduard von Borsody and starring Elfie Mayerhofer, Robert Lindner and Evelyn Künneke.[1] [2] It was shot at the Sievering Studios and Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody. It was distributed in East Germany by Progress Film and in West Germany by Herzog Filmverleih.

Synopsis

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The young singer Gretl has a love for classical music, but finds it out of fashion in post-war Vienna where more Jazzy tunes are popular. She meets the composer Franz who has similar views to her, and is consequently out of work. She manages to get them jobs in a bar playing modern music, despite their distaste for it. Gretl becomes concerned when she believes Franz has fallen for American singer Gloria, and his turn towards the sort of modern music she plays threatens his hopes of a commission for a classical ballet.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.9
  2. ^ Fritsche p.246

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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