The Land of Smiles (1930)

Original title

Das Land des Lächelns

Directed by

Max Reichmann

Genre

musical film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German operetta film from 1930, based on Franz Lehár's stage work. It follows a romantic story set in a fictional version of China, with music and singing woven into the plot.

theatricalromanticmusicallightold-fashionedsentimentalmelodramaticcheerful

What happens

The Land of Smiles (German: Das Land des Lächelns) is a 1930 German operetta film directed by Max Reichmann and starring Richard Tauber, Mary Losseff and Hans Mierendorff. It is an adaptation of the operetta The Land of Smiles composed by Franz Lehár. Lehár himself appeared in the film in a small role. It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich with sets designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. The operetta was again adapted for a 1952 film The Land of Smiles starring Jan Kiepura. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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