Love and Trumpets (1954 film)

Love and Trumpets
Directed byHelmut Weiss
Written byFritz Böttger
Produced byAnton Schelkopf
Starring
CinematographyFranz Koch
Edited byAdolph Schlyssleder
Music byMarc Roland
Production
company
Oska-Film
Release date
  • 20 January 1954 (1954-01-20)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Love and Trumpets (German: Liebe und Trompetenblasen) is a 1954 West German musical comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Hans Holt, Nadja Tiller and Marianne Koch.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Sirmione on Lake Garda in Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber.

Synopsis[edit]

In a fictional European country just before the First World War, two womanising guards officers flirt endlessly with woman. However Peter von Salis goes to far and compromises a young noblewoman Bettina von Brixen and is forced by the king to marry her. Meanwhile his friend Nikolaus is involved with the free-spirited dancer Ninon.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.477

Bibliography[edit]

  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.

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