Ball at the Metropol explained
Ball at the Metropol (German: Ball im Metropol) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Heinrich George, Heinz von Cleve and Hilde Weissner.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Maurischat and Anton Weber. It was based on the 1888 novel Irrungen, Wirrungen by Theodor Fontane.[3] It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.
Cast
- Heinrich George as Rudolf von Waltzien
- Heinz von Cleve as Eberhard von Waltzien
- Hilde Weissner as Margit Steltendorff
- Viktoria von Ballasko as Gertrude Selle
- Elsa Wagner as Frau Selle
- Ursula Weißbach as Lotte Schultze
- Katja Specht as Eva Kreßt
- Franz Schafheitlin as Steltendorff
- Fred Goebel as Studerke
- Leopold von Ledebur as Graf Kreßt
- Heinz Klockow as von Restrow
- S.O. Schoening as von Prißwitz
- Bob Bauer as von Puttkammer
- Frau Finkelnburg as Baronin Malchin
- Fanny Cotta as Direktrice des Modehauses
- William Huch as Diener bei Baron von Waltzien
- Fred Köster as Gast beim Ball im Metropol
- Karl Platen as Werner, Diener
- Achim von Biel as Gesandter
- Margitta Zonewa as Sängerin
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Nicolella, Henry. Frank Wisbar: The Director of Ferryman Maria, from Germany to America and Back. McFarland, 2018.
- Winkel, Roel Vande & Welch, David. Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.
Notes and References
- Nicolella p.94
- Cinema and the Swastika p.198
- Goble p.162
