Love Premiere

{{short description|1943 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox film |name =Love Premiere |image = Love Premiere.jpg |caption = |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Liebespremiere}} |director = [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] |producer = [[Walter Tost]] |writer = {{ubl|[[Géza von Cziffra]]|[[Ellen Fechner]]|[[Willy Clever]]|[[Ralph Benatzky]]}} |starring = {{ubl|[[Hans Söhnker]]|[[Kirsten Heiberg]]|[[Fritz Odemar]]|[[Margot Hielscher]]}} |music = [[Franz Grothe]] |cinematography = [[Jan Roth]] |editing = [[Ira Oberberg]] |studio = [[Terra Film]] |distributor = Deutsche Filmvertriebs |released = {{Film date|1943|6|11|df=y}} |runtime = 88 minutes |country = Germany |language = German }} '''''Love Premiere''''' ({{langx|de|'''Liebespremiere'''}}) is a 1943 German comedy film directed by [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] and starring [[Hans Söhnker]], [[Kirsten Heiberg]] and [[Fritz Odemar]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hake|first=Sabine|title=Popular Cinema of the Third Reich|publisher=[[University of Texas Press]]|year=2001|location=Austin, TX|page=62|doi=10.7560/734579|isbn=0292734581|jstor=10.7560/734579}}</ref> The film's sets were designed by [[Robert Herlth]].

The film is based on the stage play {{lang|de|Axel an der Himmelstür}}, which was a great success for [[Zarah Leander]] and established her career as a leading actress in 1936. When Zarah Leander signed a film contract with [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] in [[Babelsberg]] in 1937, Kirsten Heiberg was invited to replace Leander on stage but declined. In 1943 Zarah Leander originally was the first choice to recreate her role on the silver screen but she left Germany in the midst of 1943 to return to her native [[Sweden]]. Thus Kirsten Heiberg could return to the screen after a film interdiction of two years. Her husband [[Franz Grothe]] wrote all new songs for her and the film was a huge success. It is totally non-political and still one of the best German efforts to find its own kind of sophisticated comedy.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| *[[Hans Söhnker]] as KComposer Axel Berndt *[[Kirsten Heiberg]] as Vera Warden, operetta singer *[[Fritz Odemar]] as Werner Rombach, music publisher *[[Margot Hielscher]] as Margit Thomas, dancer, Friend of Rombach *[[Rolf Weih]] as Andreas Hansen, Librettist *[[Charlott Daudert]] as Jenny, Vera's friend, Frau von Rolf *[[Heinz Welzel]] as Rolf, lawyer *[[Rudolf Schündler]] as director *[[Maria Litto]] as Irene, Vera's girlfriend *[[Fritz Böttger]] as Fred, singer *Kurt Daehn as a stage worker in the revue *Roswitha Knopf as Biggi, a 5-year-old child, called "Asterisk" *Irmgard Petzold as Rombach's girlfriend *Ernö René as Der Kapellmeister in der "Majestic Bar" *Annegret Riffel as Frau Strohmacher, Vera's Garderobiere *Walter Ringelwald as A well-known Vera's wedding guest *Hans Sanden as Vera's costume consultant *Walter Schenk as Vera's costume consultant *Leo Sloma as a porter with Vera's suitcase *Walter Steinweg as he stage manager *Walter Stummvoll as the disappointed author *[[Egon Vogel]] as the nude photographer from across the street *Alexandra Weiß as a disturbed resident *Rolf Welzel as Rolf, lawyer *Ursula Voß *Erika Weigt *Erna Dörner-Götz }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0036111}}

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