Romance ·Music · Germany · 1930 · 1h 38m

The Singing City

Die singende Stadt

The Singing City poster
Director
Carmine Gallone
Cast
Jan Kiepura as Giovanni Cavallone Brigitte Helm as Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe Walter Janssen as Professor Andreas Breuling Trude Berliner as Carmela - neapolitanisches Mädchen Georg Alexander as Rudi Feldegger Franz Maldacea as Tupf - Carmelas Bruder (as Francesco Maldacea)
Crew
Curt Courant — Director of Photography Arpad Viragh — Director of Photography Philip Braham — Original Music Composer Paul Abraham — Original Music Composer Ernesto Tagliaferri — Original Music Composer Hans Székely — Writer
Synopsis

A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by a Viennese woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege. This film was released as a German version and English Version known as "The City of Song". Brigitte Helm once portrays a beautiful femme fatale who displays her affection and lust for her tourist guide which is paralleled with the main bodied theme of the early romanticist songs played throughout.

Mood & Themes
musical
Key Collaborators
Carmine Gallone Director Curt Courant Director of Photography Arpad Viragh Director of Photography Philip Braham Original Music Composer Paul Abraham Original Music Composer Ernesto Tagliaferri Original Music Composer Hans Székely Writer Arnold Pressburger Producer
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