The Star of Rio (1940 film)

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The Star of Rio
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German film poster
German Stern von Rio
Directed by Karl Anton
Written byFelix von Eckardt
Hans Fritz Köllner
Produced by Heinrich Jonen
Starring
CinematographyErich Grohmann
Bruno Mondi
Edited by Martha Dübber
Music byWilly Engel-Berger
Production
company
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
  • 20 March 1940 (1940-03-20)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Star of Rio (German : Stern von Rio) is a 1940 German comedy thriller film directed by Karl Anton and starring La Jana, Gustav Diessl and Harald Paulsen. [1] In 1955 it was remade as a film of the same title.

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  1. Bergfelder, Tim (2005) [2004]. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 125. ISBN   1571815384. JSTOR   j.ctt1btbx6m.