Die Fledermaus
DVD cover
Directed byGéza von Bolváry
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyWilly Winterstein
Edited byAlice Ludwig
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed bySovexport
Release date
  • 16 August 1946 (1946-08-16)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Die Fledermaus is a 1946 German operetta film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters, and Will Dohm.[1] It is based on Johann Strauss II's 1874 work of the same name.

The film was made by Terra Film, one of major German production companies of the Nazi era. It was shot using agfacolor at the Barrandov Studios in Prague and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. Although production began in 1944, the film was not finally released until 1946 when it was distributed by the communist-controlled DEFA company in the Soviet occupation zone.

The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth.

Cast

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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