The Dubarry () is a 1951 German musical film directed by Georg Wildhagen and Reinhold Schünzel and starring Sari Barabas, Willy Fritsch and Albert Lieven. It is named after the operetta Die Dubarry, but uses the work only as a background.Gänzl p.546 It was made at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.
Synopsis Jeanne Fabian is a singer celebrated for her role as Madame Dubarry, but her financial backing from a wealthy admirer leads to criticism. She decides to change her name and look and start again from her beginnings to prove she really is talented. She falls in love with a man she takes to be poor, but is in fact a wealthy car manufacturer.
Cast Sari Barabas as Jeanne Fabiani / Madame Dubarry Willy Fritsch as Louis Valmont Albert Lieven as Alfred Collien Walter Müller as Cäsar Schnepf Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Kitty Lenz Inge Meysel as Charlotte Adrian, Pensionsinhaberin Loni Heuser as Lola Violetta Madelon Truß as Fifi, Fotomodell Lorley Katz Hubert von Meyerinck as Stranitzky, Schmierendirektor Ernst Waldow as Erban, Theaterdirektor Fritz Imhoff as Schaubitzer, Theateragent Carl-Heinz Schroth as Scharlakan Helmuth Rudolph as Dr. Steffens, Kritiker Hans Heinz Bollmann as Orgass, Agent Joachim Teege as Alphonse Meyer, Fotograf Mathieu Ahlersmeyer as König Alexander Hunzinger Herbert Ernst Groh
References
Bibliography Kurt Gänzl. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi. Schirmer Books, 2001.
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