Season in Cairo

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Season in Cairo
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Directed by Reinhold Schünzel
Written by Walter Reisch
Produced by Günther Stapenhorst
Starring
Cinematography Carl Hoffmann
Edited by Eduard von Borsody
Music by Werner R. Heymann
Production
company
UFA
Distributed by UFA
Release date
  • 20 July 1933 (1933-07-20)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

Season in Cairo (German : Saison in Kairo) is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Renate Müller, Willy Fritsch and Gustav Waldau. [1] A French-language version Idylle au Caire was released, also featuring Müller. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was shot on location in Egypt at Giza and Cairo, with interior filming taking place at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.

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In Cairo, American Tobby Blackwell is worried about the extravagant, pampered life of his mother Elinor the widow of a wealthy magnate. Meanwhile Stefanie is worried about the debauched, womanising antics of her father the Count of Weidling-Weidling. They plan to bring them together, but unknown to them their parents plan to do the same for their children. Elinor is attracted to the idea of her son marrying into European nobility while the near-penniless aristocrat is delighted with the idea of his daughter marrying into money. Towards this end, they announce the engagement of their children at a public event. Fearful of causing a scandal the two agree to a wedding as a marriage of convenience followed by a quick divorce. However, during a trip into the desert they begin to develop real feelings for each other.

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  1. Bregfelder & Bock p. 346

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