For the First Time (1959)

Directed by

Rudolph Maté

Genre

musical film, romance film

Country

Germany, Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous opera singer falls in love with a young German woman. She is deaf, and he must find a way to connect with her.

romanticlightheartedsentimentalupbeatwhimsicalbittersweetnostalgicsweeping

What happens

For the First Time (German title: Serenade of a Great Love) is a 1959 musical film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Mario Lanza, Johanna von Koczian, Kurt Kasznar, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. It was tenor star Mario Lanza's final film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer six weeks before his death. Lanza stars as an operatic tenor who finds love for the first time with a young German woman (played by Johanna von Koczian), who happens to be deaf. The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in 1958 in Capri, Salzburg, Berlin and at the Rome Opera House. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Fritz Maurischat and Heinrich Weidemann. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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