The Star of Rio (1955 film)

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The Star of Rio
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German film poster
German Stern von Rio
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Written by Frederick Kohner
Hans Fritz Köllner
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Willy Winterstein
Edited by
Music byWilly Mattes
Production
company
Distributed byAllianz Filmverleih
Release date
  • 9 April 1955 (1955-04-09)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesWest Germany
Italy
LanguagesGerman
Italian

The Star of Rio (German : Stern von Rio) is a 1955 West German-Italian adventure film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Maria Frau, Johannes Heesters and Willy Fritsch. It is a remake of the 1940 film of the same title.

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It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in Brazil with separate German and Italian versions. [1]

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References

  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.