The Beggar Student (1956 film)

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The Beggar Student

Directed by	Werner Jacobs
Written by	F. Zell (libretto) Richard Genée (operetta) Fritz Böttger Robert Gilbert (lyrics)
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst Klaus Stapenhorst
Starring	Gerhard Riedmann Waltraut Haas Elma Karlowa
Cinematography	Ernst W. Kalinke Heinz Schnackertz
Edited by	Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Music by	Karl Millöcker (operetta) Bruno Uher
Production company	Carlton Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	28 December 1956 (1956-12-28)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Beggar Student is a 1956 (German: Der Bettelstudent) West German musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Waltraut Haas and Elma Karlowa.^[1] It is based on the operetta Der Bettelstudent by Karl Millöcker, and is part of the operetta film tradition. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios and the Carlton Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana.

Synopsis

After a Polish aristocrat refuses to marry a Colonel, he manoeuvres to force her to marry a penniless student in revenge.

Cast

Gerhard Riedmann as Symon Rymanowicz
Waltraut Haas as Komtesse Laura
Elma Karlowa as Komtesse Bronislawa
Gunther Philipp as Jan Janicki
Gustav Knuth as Oberst Ollendorf
Fita Benkhoff as Gräfin Palmatica
Rudolf Vogel as Enterich
Alice Kessler as Mira
Ellen Kessler as Katja
Dick Price as Graf Kaminsky
Karl Lieffen as Major Wangenheim
Joost Siedhoff as Leutnant Schweinitz
Willem Holsboer
Ulla Torp
Johannes Buzalski
Michael Friederichsen
Adalbert Fuhlrott
Peter Mühlen

References

^ BFI.org

External links

The Beggar Student at IMDb

Films directed by Werner Jacobs

The Blue and White Lion (1952)
Street Serenade (1953)
Guitars of Love (1954)
André and Ursula (1955)
Santa Lucia (1956)
San Salvatore (1956)
The Beggar Student (1956)
The Simple Girl (1957)
The Count of Luxemburg (1957)
Munchhausen in Africa (1958)
The Star of Santa Clara (1958)
Here I Am, Here I Stay (1959)
A Summer You Will Never Forget (1959)
Conny and Peter Make Music (1960)
The White Horse Inn (1960)
Mariandl (1961)
Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol (1962)
Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific (1962)
Mariandl's Homecoming (1962)
The Merry Widow (1962)
The Model Boy (1963)
Homesick for St. Pauli (1963)
...denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol (1963)
Help, My Bride Steals (1964)
In Bed by Eight (1965)
Heidi (1965)
Aunt Frieda (1965)
The Sinful Village (1966)
Onkel Filser (1966)
Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967)
When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres (1967)
The Heathens of Kummerow (1967)
Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968)
Zum Teufel mit der Penne (1968)
Charley's Uncle (1969)
Heintje: A Heart Goes on a Journey (1969)
Hurra, die Schule brennt! (1969)
What Is the Matter with Willi? (1970)
Heintje - Mein bester Freund (1970)
Twenty Girls and the Teachers (1971)
Morgen fällt die Schule aus (1971)
Our Willi Is the Best (1971)
Willi Manages the Whole Thing (1972)
My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972)
Old Barge, Young Love (1973)
The Flying Classroom (1973)
Schwarzwaldfahrt aus Liebeskummer (1974)
Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler(1974)
Zwei himmlische Dickschädel (1974)

v t e Film adaptations of Der Bettelstudent by Carl Millöcker
Der Bettelstudent (1927) Der Bettelstudent (1931) The Beggar Student (1931) Der Bettelstudent (1936) Der Bettelstudent (1956) Mazurka der Liebe (1957)

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