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Fregola (1948)

Fregola poster
Directed by
Harald Röbbeling
Genre
musical film
Country
Austria
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a musical film about a performer making a comeback. It follows her as she returns to the stage and gets involved in romantic entanglements with two men.

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What happens

Fregola is a 1948 Austrian musical film directed by Harald Röbbeling and starring Marika Rökk, Rudolf Prack and Siegfried Breuer. It was a comeback film for Rökk, one of the most popular stars of the Third Reich, who hadn't made a film since 1944. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film was released on the day of Christmas 1948 in Vienna, and on the 4th of July 1949 in Munich. The film was popular with West German audiences, particularly amongst women. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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