The Beggar Student (1956)

Original title

Der Bettelstudent

Directed by

Werner Jacobs

Genre

musical film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

6

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor student pretends to be a rich nobleman to win the heart of a countess. The story involves mistaken identities and romantic entanglements in a historical setting.

livelyromanticold-fashionedlightheartedwhimsicaltheatricalcheerful

What happens

The Beggar Student (German: Der Bettelstudent) is a 1956 West German musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Waltraut Haas and Elma Karlowa. It is based on the operetta Der Bettelstudent by Karl Millöcker, and is part of the operetta film tradition. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios and the Carlton Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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