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The Singing City (1930)

The Singing City poster
Original title
Die singende Stadt
Directed by
Carmine Gallone
Genre
musical film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A famous singer travels to a new city and gets caught up in local adventures and a romance. The film is a musical with songs performed by the lead character.

lighthearteddatedcharmingmusicalromanticwhimsicalperiodfast-paced

What happens

The Singing City (German: Die singende Stadt) is a 1930 German musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jan Kiepura, Brigitte Helm and Walter Janssen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Oscar Werndorff. An English-language version of the film, City of Song, also directed by Gallone and starring Kiepura along with a British cast, was released in 1931. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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