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A Modern Dubarry

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Directed by
  
Alexander Korda

Cinematography
  
Fritz Arno Wagner

Initial release
  
10 January 1927

Music director
  
Werner R. Heymann

Written by
  
Lajos Bíró

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Music by
  
Werner R. Heymann

Production company
  
Felsom Film

Director
  
Alexander Korda

Production company
  
Felsom Film

Produced by
  
Hermann Fellner Josef Somlo

Starring
  
María Corda Alfred Abel Friedrich Kayßler

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Cast
  
María Corda, Alfred Abel, Friedrich Kayßler

A Modern Dubarry (German:Eine Dubarry von heute) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Alexander Korda and starring María Corda, Alfred Abel and Friedrich Kayßler. A young woman working at a dressmakers rises to become a model and entertainer before falling in love with a King.

The title is a reference to the life of the eighteenth century courtesan Madame Du Barry. It was made by Felsom Film and distributed by the major studo UFA. The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Friedrich Werndorff. It features performances from Hans Albers and Marlene Dietrich both of whom later achieved greater fame.

Cast

  • María Corda as Toinette
  • Alfred Abel as Sillon
  • Friedrich Kayßler as Cornelius Corbett
  • Gyula Szöreghy as Gen. Padilla
  • Jean Bradin as King Sandor
  • Hans Albers as Toinette's first lover
  • Alfred Gerasch as Graf Rabbatz
  • Albert Paulig as Clairet
  • Hans Wassmann as Theater Director
  • Karl Platen as Diener
  • Eugen Burg as Levaseur
  • Marlene Dietrich as Kokotte
  • Hilde Radney as Juliette
  • Julia Serda as Tante Julie
  • Hedwig Wangel as Rosalie
  • Lotte Lorring as Mannequin
  • References

    A Modern Dubarry Wikipedia