Das Donkosakenlied (1956)

Director:

Géza von Bolváry

Writers:

Juliane Kay, Alf Teichs

Stars:

Claus Biederstaedt, Paul Hörbiger, Sabine Bethmann

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Claus Biederstaedt	...	Rolf Bender
Paul Hörbiger	...	Professor Hartmann
Sabine Bethmann	...	Helga, seine Tochter
Stefan Haar	...	Peter
Gunnar Möller	...	Dr. Heinz Stark
Willy Fritsch	...	Chefarzt Dr. Burger
Alice Treff	...	Elisabeth, seine Frau
Ingrid Stenn	...	Edith, seine Tochter
Hans Richter	...	Karl, Chauffeur
Carla Hagen	...	Anneliese
Simone Emmerich	...	Susi
Elfie Pertramer	...	Ihre Mutter
Else Reval
Emmy Burg
Bruno W. Pantel

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

melodrama | orphan

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

15 November 1956 (West Germany)

Filming Locations:

Berliner Union-Film Studio, Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Berolina

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Klangfilm-Eurocord)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

INFANTILE KITSCH

Take care to have plenty of handkerchiefs at hand when watching this terrible and infantile Kitsch full of false sentimentality and appalling mores. The story concerns a little boy too sick to sing, but do we want him to open his mouth at all? I could not wait to see dreadful Peter, a strong argument against children's rights, at last shut up forever. The story is enhanced (?) by sub stories for the love's interest making it a further unbearable experience as these involve people whose passion does not go any further than firm handshakes. The cast is uniformly dull. Not badly made, but the subject is just too awful.

When the Cossacks Choir once again bursted out in "Kalinka" I thought that sending them to Siberia would not have been a bad option, but if still a fan you better buy some CD's instead.