The Bird Seller (1962 film)

The Bird Seller
The Kessler Sisters perform in a scene from the film
GermanDer Vogelhändler
Directed byGéza von Cziffra
Written byGéza von Cziffra
Ludwig Held (libretto)
Moritz West (libretto)
Produced byKurt Hartmann
Eberhard Meichsner
StarringCornelia Froboess
Peter Weck
Albert Rueprecht
CinematographyWilly Winterstein
Edited byWerner Preuss
Music byHagen Galatis
Carl Zeller (operetta)
Production
company
Divina Film
Distributed byGloria Film
Release date
  • 3 August 1962 (1962-08-03)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Bird Seller (German: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1962 West German historical musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Cornelia Froboess, Peter Weck and Albert Rueprecht.[1]

It is an operetta film, based on the stage work of the same title by Carl Zeller. Several other film adaptations have also been made.

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and at Linderhof Palace in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 137. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
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