Underplayed Gems

The Court Concert (1949)

The Court Concert poster
Original title
Das kleine Hofkonzert
Directed by
Paul Verhoeven
Genre
comedy film, romance film
Country
German Democratic Republic
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A musical comedy about a small court where romantic misunderstandings and comedic situations unfold. The story involves a singer and a composer who get caught up in a playful scandal.

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What happens

The Court Concert (German: Das kleine Hofkonzert) is a 1948 German musical comedy film written and directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Elfie Mayerhofer, Hans Nielsen and Erich Ponto. In the United States it was released as Palace Scandal. It is based on the 1935 musical comedy The Court Concert (music: Edmund Nick) which Verhoeven had co-written. A previous film version was made in 1936 and directed by Douglas Sirk. The remake was shot using agfacolor. Both productions are in the tradition of operetta films. It was produced by the major studio Tobis Film during 1944, but was not given a formal release until 1948 in Sweden and then East and West Germany the following year. The art director Otto Erdmann worked on the film's sets. Location shooting took place in Bavaria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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