Vienna glove-sales-lady Christl falls in love to Czar Alexander. Metternich tries to use this to keep him out of the conferences of the Vienna Congress from 1815.
The "American Gods" star credits amazing co-stars and killer special effects for his mind-bending performance.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Lilian Harvey | ... | Christel Weinzinger, Gloves-seller | |
| Willy Fritsch | ... | Czar Alexander of Russia (as Willi Fritsch) | |
| Otto Wallburg | ... | Bibikoff, his Adjutant | |
| Conrad Veidt | ... | Prince Metternich | |
| Carl-Heinz Schroth | ... | Pepi, his Secretary (as Carl Heinz Schroth) | |
| Lil Dagover | ... | The Countess | |
| Adele Sandrock | ... | The Princess | |
| Margarete Kupfer | ... | The Countess | |
| Julius Falkenstein | ... | The Minister of Finance | |
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Max Gülstorff | ... | The Bürgermeister |
| Paul Hörbiger | ... | Heurigen Singer | |
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Boris Romanoff | ... | Dancer |
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Vienna glove-sales-lady Christl falls in love to Czar Alexander. Metternich tries to use this to keep him out of the conferences of the Vienna Congress from 1815. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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GermanyLanguage:
GermanRelease Date:
25 April 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Kongressen danser See more »Filming Locations:
Neubabelsberg, Brandenburg, GermanyCompany Credits
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Mono (Klangfilm)Color:
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1.20 : 1
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Music by Werner R. Heymann
Lyrics by Robert Gilbert
Sung by Lilian Harvey
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This film's song 'das gibt's nur einmal, das kommt nicht wieder', can also be heard in Miyazaki's Kaze tachinu (2013). See more »Goofs
At the Vienna Congress held in 1815 the orchestra in a canteen played Franz Schubert's "Military March," which was composed in 1818. See more »Soundtracks
Das gibt's nur einmal, das kommt nie wiederMusic by Werner R. Heymann
Lyrics by Robert Gilbert
Sung by Lilian Harvey
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It may not be perfect technically, but this is a sensual, made with great fun, original, capricious and extravagant operetta. It has elegance, a great cast, brilliant music and songs, wit, great sets; some scenes are even a bit bizarre and fetishistic. This is not a filmed operetta, but a real film-operetta. More than just direct, Erik Charell choreographed the film. Although the film stands on its own feet, the influence of Ernst Lubitsch (pictures) is evident.
Amongst the memorable scenes (and there are many) there is the - in its time - technically challenging sequence with energetic Lilian Harvey singing "Das gibt's nur einmal". Indeed: many operetta films have been made, but none so innovative, brilliant as this one.
This first and only German film of Erik Charell is not only a classic of early German sound film, showing all the capabilities of the UFA, but also a promising start of a film career that was not to be realized: Charell had to leave Nazi-Germany and was unable to continue his career as a film director abroad. It is curious that the film was banned by Goebbels only but in October 1937.