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Directed by
  
Carmine Gallone

Initial release
  
27 October 1930

Production company
  
UFA GmbH

6.1/10
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Production company
  
UFA Allianz Tonfilm

Director
  
Carmine Gallone

Written by
  
Hans Székely

Produced by
  
Arnold Pressburger Bernard Vorhaus

Starring
  
Jan Kiepura Brigitte Helm Walter Janssen

Music by
  
Paul Abraham Philip Braham Ernesto Tagliaferri

Cinematography
  
Curt Courant Arpad Viragh

Music director
  
Paul Abraham, Ernesto Tagliaferri, Philip Braham

Cast
  
Brigitte Helm, Jan Kiepura, Walter Janssen, Teddy Bill

Similar
  
The Charm of La Boheme, Mon cœur t'appelle, Apocrypha, Kiri no hata, Ich denke oft an Piroschka

The Singing City (German:Die singende Stadt) is a 1930 German musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jan Kiepura, Brigitte Helm and Walter Janssen.

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Werndorff.

An English-language version of the film, City of Song, also directed by Gallone and starring Kiepura along with a British cast, was released in 1931.

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Synopsis

While holidaying in Naples, a wealthy young Austrian woman discovers the singing talents of her tour guide. He falls in love with her, but once she has taken him to Vienna to launch his career he becomes disillusioned with her lifestyle and circles of friends and returned home to Italy and his original girlfriend.

Cast

  • Jan Kiepura as Giovanni Cavallone - Fremdenführer
  • Brigitte Helm as Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe
  • Walter Janssen as Professor Andreas Breuling
  • Trude Berliner as Carmela - neapolitanisches Mädchen
  • Georg Alexander as Rudi Feldegger
  • Franz Maldacea as Tupf - Carmelas Bruder
  • Käte Bill as Susanne - Claires Zofe
  • Henry Bender as Herr Maier aus Berlin
  • Hermann Blaß as Der Empfangschef
  • Teddy Bill as Heini Ladenburg / Claires Verehrer
  • Carl Goetz as Der Nachtportier
  • Martin Kosleck as Bobby Bertling - Claires Verehrer
  • Carol Ress as Marthe - Claires Zofe
  • Charlie Roellinghoff as Poldi Falkner - Claires Verehrer
  • Ernõ Szenes as Siegmund Königsberger - ein Konzertagent
  • C.H. Todd as Mr. Parkins aus London
  • Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Willi von Wellheim - Claires Verehrer
  • References

    The Singing City Wikipedia