starring Rene Kollo
Ljuba Welitsch , Erzebet Hazy
A film of the popular operetta Grdfin Mariza with music by EMMERICH KALMAN
Libretto by julius BRAMMER and ALFRED GRUNWALD
The operetta is set on a magnificent estate in Hungary complete with wild horses, loving servants and a full gypsy orchestra. Romani is owned by the beautiful Countess Mariza. Tassilo, an impoverished Count, has been working as her bailiff for some time, but they have never met. As the story opens Mariza is about to pay a rare visit to Romani to celebrate her engagement to a fictitious fiance, in order to deter her numerous admirers.
Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Chorus of the Vienna Operetta conducted by Wolfgang Ebert Introduced by NIGEL DOUGLAS
Sung in German, English sub-titles by LEONIE COHN
Executive producer FRITZ BUTTENSTEDT Directed by EUGEN YORK A beta film production