The Land of Smiles () is a 1952 West German operetta film directed by Hans Deppe and Erik Ode and starring Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura and Walter Müller. It is an adaptation of the operetta The Land of Smiles composed by Franz Lehár which had previously been made into a 1930 film starring Richard Tauber.Traubner p.249 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Thailand. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann, Peter Schlewski and Heinrich Weidemann.
Cast Mártha Eggerth as Lissy Licht, Sängerin Jan Kiepura as Sou Bawana Pantschur, Prinz von Javora Walter Müller as Gustl Potter, ein junger Wiener Paul Hörbiger as Professor Ferdinand Licht Karin Von Dassel as Mi, Schwester von Prinz Sou Karl Meixner as Exzellenz Tschang Ludwig Schmitz as Kato Brigitte Lwowsky as Chrysanthème Alastair Duncan as Sou-Chong
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Bibliography Traubner, Richard. Operetta: A Theatrical History. Routledge, 2003.
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