The Little Czar

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The Little Czar
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German film poster
German Der Zarewitsch
Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by
Produced by Artur Brauner
Roger Richebé
Starring Luis Mariano
Sonja Ziemann
Iván Petrovich
Cinematography Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by Martha Dübber
Music by Franz Lehár (operetta)
Friedrich Mögle
Production
companies
CCC Film
Films Roger Richebé
Distributed by Gloria Film
Films Roger Richebé
Release date
  • 12 October 1954 (1954-10-12)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
LanguageGerman

The Little Czar (German : Der Zarewitsch) is a 1954 French-German historical drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Luis Mariano, Sonja Ziemann and Iván Petrovich. It is based on the operetta Der Zarewitsch by Franz Lehár. [1] It was shot in Eastmancolor.

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The film was shot at Berlin's Spandau Studios and on location in Belgrade and Dubrovnik, then in Yugoslavia. The sets were designed by the art director Fritz Moegle.

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References

  1. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1027. ISBN   978-3-11-095194-3.