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Director
  
Roy Del Ruth

Music director
  
Herbert Stothart

Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Comedy, Family, Musical

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

The Chocolate Soldier (film) movie poster

Writer
  
Leonard Lee
,
Keith Winter

Release date
  
October 31, 1941 (1941-10-31) (New York City)

Based on
  
Testor  by Ferenc Molnar

Screenplay
  
Ernest Vajda, Keith Winter, Claudine West, Leonard Lee

Cast
  
Nelson Eddy
(Karl Lang),
Risë Stevens
(Maria Lanyi),
Nigel Bruce
(Bernard Fischer),
Florence Bates
(Madame Helene),
Dorothy Raye
(Magda (as Dorothy Gilmore))

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,
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,
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,
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The Chocolate Soldier is a 1941 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth. Using the original music by Oscar Straus the plot is somewhat loosely based on the Ferenc Molnár play entitled Testőr and is unrelated to either the original play or the Oscar Straus operetta.

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Plot

Karl Lang and Maria Lanyi are not only successful musical performers, they have also recently been married. However, both suffer pangs of jealousy where the other is concerned, since both receive quite a bit of attention from members of the opposite sex. Karl's jealousy is heightened, however, when Maria tells him that she intends to leave their current musical comedy career and seek a career in opera. Karl sees it as a pretext to spend more time away from him.

In order to test his jealous suspicions, Karl hatches a plan to impersonate a Russian singer, Vassily Vassilievitch, and romance Maria in that guise. The plan goes awry however, when Maria seemingly begins to respond to Vassily's advances. Unknown to Karl, Maria has seen through his impersonation, and his thrilled that her husband would go to such lengths for her attention. Even the couple's dog sees through Karl's disguise. When events come to a head with an on-stage confrontation between a disguised Karl and Maria, she reveals her knowledge all along that Vassily was really Karl, and the two live happily ever after, except for Maria's continued flirtations.

Cast

  • Nelson Eddy as Karl Lang, aka Vassily Vassilievitch
  • Risë Stevens as Maria Lanyi, Karl's Wife
  • Nigel Bruce as Bernard Fischer, Critic
  • Florence Bates as Madame 'Pugsie' Helene
  • Dorothy Raye as Magda (as Dorothy Gilmore)
  • Nydia Westman as Liesel, Maria's Maid
  • Max Barwyn as Anton, Karl's Valet
  • Charles Judels as Klementor, Double Eagle Manager

    • Awards

    The film was nominated for three Academy Awards:

  • Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Karl Freund)
  • Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper)
  • Sound Recording (Douglas Shearer)

    • References

    The Chocolate Soldier (film) Wikipedia
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