The Singing City (1930)

Genre : Romance, Music

Runtime : 1H 38M

Director : Carmine Gallone

Synopsis

A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by a Viennese woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege. This film was released as a German version and English Version known as "The City of Song". Brigitte Helm once portrays a beautiful femme fatale who displays her affection and lust for her tourist guide which is paralleled with the main bodied theme of the early romanticist songs played throughout.

Actors

Jan Kiepura
Jan Kiepura
Giovanni Cavallone
Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm
Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe
Walter Janssen
Walter Janssen
Professor Andreas Breuling
Trude Berliner
Trude Berliner
Carmela - neapolitanisches Mädchen
Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander
Rudi Feldegger
Franz Maldacea
Franz Maldacea
Tupf - Carmelas Bruder (as Francesco Maldacea)
Käte Bill
Käte Bill
Susanne - Claires Zofe
Henry Bender
Henry Bender
Herr Maier aus Berlin
Hermann Blaß
Hermann Blaß
Der Empfangschef
Teddy Bill
Teddy Bill
Heini Ladenburg / Claires Verehrer
Carl Goetz
Carl Goetz
Der Nachtportier
Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck
Bobby Bertling - Claires Verehrer
Carol Ress
Carol Ress
Marthe - Claires Zofe
Charlie Roellinghoff
Charlie Roellinghoff
Poldi Falkner - Claires Verehrer
Ernõ Szenes
Ernõ Szenes
Siegmund Königsberger - ein Konzertagent (as Ernst Senesch)
C.H. Todd
C.H. Todd
Mr. Parkins aus London
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Willi von Wellheim - Claires Verehrer

Crews

Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone
Director
Hans Székely
Hans Székely
Writer
Arnold Pressburger
Arnold Pressburger
Producer
Bernard Vorhaus
Bernard Vorhaus
Line Producer
Curt Courant
Curt Courant
Director of Photography
Arpad Viragh
Arpad Viragh
Director of Photography
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff
Oscar Friedrich Werndorff
Art Direction
Ernesto Tagliaferri
Ernesto Tagliaferri
Original Music Composer
Philip Braham
Philip Braham
Original Music Composer
Paul Abraham
Paul Abraham
Original Music Composer

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