The Bird Seller (1953 film)

1953 film

The Bird Seller
German film poster

German	Der Vogelhändler

Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	Curt J. Braun Ludwig Held (libretto) Moritz West (libretto)
Produced by	Kurt Ulrich Heinz Willeg
Starring	Ilse Werner Wolf Albach-Retty Eva Probst
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Friedel Buckow
Music by	Bert Grund Carl Zeller (operetta)
Production company	Berolina Film
Distributed by	Allianz Filmverleih
Release date	17 September 1953 (1953-09-17)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Bird Seller (German: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1953 West German musical film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Ilse Werner, Wolf Albach-Retty and Eva Probst.

An operetta film, it is one of several adaptations of the operetta The Bird Seller by Carl Zeller.

The film was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and shot in Agfacolor. The sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana.

Cast

Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 382. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

v t e Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
What Am I Without You (1934) Pappi (1934) The Love of the Maharaja (1936) Men Are That Way (1939) Escape in the Dark (1939) Midsummer Night's Fire (1939) The Three Codonas (1940) Achtung! Feind hört mit! [de] (1940) Riding for Germany (1941) Front Theatre (1942) My Wife Theresa (1942) Circus Renz (1943) Love Premiere (1943) Life Calls (1944) Chemistry and Love (1948) Everything Will Be Better in the Morning (1948) Anonymous Letters (1949) Martina (1949) Nights on the Nile (1949) The Woman from Last Night (1950) Regimental Music (1950) Immortal Light (1951) Wedding in the Hay (1951) The White Adventure (1952) The Forester's Daughter (1952) We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952) Alraune (1952) The Mistress of Treves (1952) The Immortal Vagabond (1953) Lavender (1953) The Last Waltz (1953) The Bird Seller (1953) The Little Czar (1954) The Gypsy Baron (1954) Love Is Just a Fairytale (1955) As Long as There Are Pretty Girls (1955) Operation Sleeping Bag (1955) Between Time and Eternity (1956) The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz (1956) Spring in Berlin (1957) That Won't Keep a Sailor Down (1958) A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (1958) Arena of Fear (1959) What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959) Big Request Concert (1960)

v t e Film adaptations of Carl Zeller's Der Vogelhändler
Der Vogelhändler (1935) Rosen in Tirol (1940) Der Vogelhändler (1953) Der Vogelhändler (1962)

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