The Rose of Stamboul | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Karl Anton |
Music: | Leo Fall |
Cinematography: | Karl Löb Fritz Arno Wagner |
Editing: | Martha Dübber |
Studio: | Central-Europa Film |
Distributor: | Prisma |
Runtime: | 108 minutes |
Country: | West Germany |
Language: | German |
The Rose of Stamboul (de|'''Die Rose von Stambul''') is a 1953 West German musical film directed by Karl Anton and starring Inge Egger, Albert Lieven and Grethe Weiser. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location in Istanbul. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It is based on Leo Fall's 1916 operetta of the same name.[1]
A senior Ottoman official wishes his niece Kondja to return from Vienna to Constantinople and marry a promising young diplomat. She is very reluctant as she has fallen in love with a composer, who is in fact the same man.