The Daughter of the Regiment

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

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How it feels

This film is an adaptation of Donizetti's opera about a young woman raised by a regiment of soldiers who discovers her noble heritage and falls in love.

lightheartedbriskoperaticwhimsicalromanticmelodiccomedic

What happens

The Daughter of the Regiment (original French title: La fille du régiment), an 1840 opera by Gaetano Donizetti, has been depicted on film numerous times: The Daughter of the Regiment, the first opera film, a two-minute production premiering in New York City in July 1898 Daughter of the Regiment (1929 film), a British-German production Daughter of the Regiment (1933 film), an Austrian-German production The Daughter of the Regiment (1944 film), a Mexican production The Daughter of the Regiment (1953 film), a West German-Italian production Daughter of the Regiment (1953 film), an Austrian production Die Regimentstochter (1962), a TV movie starring Dutch tenor John van Kesteren as Tonio (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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