The Dubarry (1951 film)

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The Dubarry
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Directed by
Written by
Produced by Franz Tappers
Starring
Cinematography Willy Winterstein
Edited by Alice Ludwig
Music by Theo Mackeben
Production
companies
  • Fama-Film
  • Standard-Filmverleih
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 30 November 1951 (1951-11-30)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

The Dubarry (German : Die Dubarry) is a 1951 German musical film directed by Georg Wildhagen and Reinhold Schünzel and starring Sari Barabas, Willy Fritsch and Albert Lieven. [1] It is named after the operetta Die Dubarry , but uses the work only as a background. [2] It was made at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.

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Jeanne Fabian is a singer celebrated for her role as Madame Dubarry, but her financial backing from a wealthy admirer leads to criticism. She decides to change her name and look and start again from her beginnings to prove she really is talented. She falls in love with a man she takes to be poor, but is in fact a wealthy car manufacturer.

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References

  1. "Die DUBARRY (1951)". BFI. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019.
  2. Gänzl p.546

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