The Bird Seller (1935)
Overview
The film is an adaptation of the 1891 operetta Der Vogelhändler by composer Carl Zeller, with libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held, though it incorporates few of the original songs, using them mostly instrumentally or in the background. The plot follows Adam, a Tyrolean bird seller in 18th-century Rhineland, who hopes to marry his beloved Christl, a postmaster's daughter; to secure his future, she arranges for him to perform at court, but complications arise when she is mistakenly suspected of an affair with a philandering prince.
Cast
Maria Andergast
Christl von der Post
Wolf Albach-Retty
Adam der Vogelhändler
Lil Dagover
Die Kurfürstin
Hans Zesch-Ballot
Der Kurfürst
Georg Alexander
Graf Stanislaus
Genia Nikolaieva
Adelheid
Max Gülstorff
Hofjägermeitster
Egon Brosig
Gustl Gstettenbaur
Paul Rehkopf
Jakob Tiedtke
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