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Director:
Roy Del Ruth
Writers:
Ferenc Molnár (play)
Leonard Lee (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
November 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Comedy more
Plot:
Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous.... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Nelson Eddy gives great comic performance!! more (8 total)

Cast

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Nelson Eddy ... Karl Lang, aka Vassily Vassilievitch
Risë Stevens ... Maria Lanyi, Karl's Wife
Nigel Bruce ... Bernard Fischer, Critic
Florence Bates ... Madame 'Pugsie' Helene
Dorothy Raye ... Magda (as Dorothy Gilmore)
Nydia Westman ... Liesel, Maria's Maid
Max Barwyn ... Anton, Karl's Valet
Charles Judels ... Klementor, Double Eagle Manager
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #7656)
Company:
Loew's more

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Trivia:
This has interesting origins from musical and non-musical plays. In 1909, the operetta "The Chocolate Soldier" opened in New York. This was based on the non-musical play "Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw. However, Shaw voiced objections to his play being adapted as an operetta. A silent film adaptation, The Chocolate Soldier (1914), based on the New York operetta, omitted any reference to George Bernard Shaw. In 1911, a Hungarian non-musical play "Testör" ("The Guardsman") by Ferenc Molnár, opened in Budapest. In 1941 when this film was made, George Bernard Shaw was still alive. Therefore, the music of the New York operetta and the plot of the Hungarian non-musical play "The Guardsman" were used. more
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Version of The Chocolate Soldier (1914) more
Soundtrack:
While My Lady Sleeps more

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Nelson Eddy gives great comic performance!!, 12 February 2002
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

Proof positive that NELSON EDDY finally was able to shed his "wooden" image is THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER. Whatever inspired him to do this performance (some say it was his frequent radio work that developed his acting talent), his impersonation of a Russian Cossack is both hilarious and convincing. He has a great time squeezing every bit of humor out of his sardonic dialogue and is never for a moment upstaged by the talented Rise Stevens. In fact, although she is carefully photographed and seems to be brimming with good humor, her performance is considerably weaker than Eddy's. One can only speculate how much better the film would have been if Eddy's usual co-star (with her great sense of comic timing) had been available.

Both singers are in fine voice but it's Eddy who steals the show with his rendition of "Song of the Flea". Nelson Eddy was rarely praised for his acting prowess, but here he delivers a solid, sensational performance with great flair and dexterity. Absolutely his best work as an actor!

The pleasant supporting cast includes Nigel Bruce and Florence Bates.

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