The Spendthrift (1953 film)

{{Short description|1953 film by Leopold Hainisch}} {{Infobox film | name = The Spendthrift | image = The Spendthrift (1953 film).jpg | caption = | director = Leopold Hainisch | producer = | writer = {{ubl|Ferdinand Raimund (play)|Emanuel von Richter}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Attila Hörbiger|Josef Meinrad|Maria Andergast}} | music = {{ubl|Konradin Kreutzer|Alfred Uhl}} | cinematography = Oskar Schnirch | editing = Henny Brünsch | studio = Dillenz-Film | distributor = Union Film Wien | released = {{Film date|1953|02|09|df=yes}} | runtime = 96 minutes | country = Austria | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Spendthrift''''' (German: '''''Der Verschwender''''') is a 1953 Austrian historical musical film directed by Leopold Hainisch and starring Attila Hörbiger, Josef Meinrad and Maria Andergast.<ref>Fritsche p.246</ref> It is an adaptation of Ferdinand Raimund's play of the same name.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav Abel. It was shot in Gevacolor.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Attila Hörbiger as Julius von Flottwell & Der Bettler * Josef Meinrad as Valentin, Bedienter * Maria Andergast as Rosa, Kammermädchen * Heinz Moog as Wolf, Kammerdiener * Fred Hennings as Präsident von Klugheim * Senta Wengraf as Amalie, seine Tochter * Erwin Strahl as Baron Flitterstein * Felix Steinboeck as Chevalier Dumont * Ernst Nadherny as Herr von Pralling * Maria Eis as Frau von Pralling * Viktor Braun * Traute Eschelmüller * Hugo Gottschlich * Gerhard Kittler * Maria Loja * Ferdinand Mayerhofer * Alfred Neugebauer * Wilhelm Schmidt * Emmerich Schrenk * Eva Sylt * Eduard Volters * Rosa Albach-Retty * Hanni Schall as Fairy Cheristane * Fritz Berger * Oskar Deleglise * Fritz Imhoff * Friedrich Bergar }}

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0046503}}

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