My Life for Maria Isabella

{{Short description|1935 drama film by Erich Waschneck}} {{Infobox film | name = My Life for Maria Isabella | image = | caption = | director = [[Erich Waschneck]] | producer = [[Frank Clifford (producer)|Frank Clifford]] | based_on = {{based on|''[[The Standard (novel)|The Standard]]'' |[[Alexander Lernet-Holenia]]}} | writer = [[Friedrich Dammann]] <br /> [[Ernst Hasselbach]] | narrator = | starring = [[Viktor de Kowa]] <br /> [[Maria Andergast]] <br /> [[Peter Voß]] | music = [[Herbert Windt]] | cinematography = [[Herbert Körner]] | editing = [[Willy Zeunert]] | studio = Lloyd-Film | distributor = [[Rota-Film]] | released = {{Film date|1935|02|07|df=yes}} | runtime = 78 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }}

'''''My Life for Maria Isabella''''' ({{langx|de|Mein Leben für Maria Isabell}}) is a 1935 German [[drama film]] directed by [[Erich Waschneck]] and starring [[Viktor de Kowa]], [[Maria Andergast]] and [[Peter Voß]].<ref>Waldman p.85-86</ref> It is a military drama, the titular Maria Isabella being the name of a regiment. Heavy cuts were imposed by the censors because of concerns the film's [[mutiny]] scenes were too attractively portrayed.<ref>Noack p.76</ref> Critics were not impressed by the casting of Viktor de Kowa, known for his light musical comedy roles, as the film's hero.<ref>Noack p.76</ref>

It was shot at the [[Johannisthal Studios]] in [[Berlin]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Otto Erdmann (art director)|Otto Erdmann]] and [[Hans Sohnle]]. It was distributed by the [[Tobis Film|Tobis]] subsidiary Rota-Film.

==Synopsis== In [[Belgrade]] during the closing days of the [[First World War]], the Austrian regiments are mostly composed of disgruntled minorities who mutiny rather than fight on. A young officer attempts to save the regimental colours from falling into enemy hands, and safely takes them back to Vienna where they are symbolically burnt.

==Cast== * [[Viktor de Kowa]] as Fähnrich Menis * [[Maria Andergast]] as Resa Lang * [[Peter Voß]] as Rittmeister Graf Bottenlauben * [[Franz Pfaudler]] as Diener Anton * [[Hans-Joachim Büttner]] * [[Hermann Frick]] * [[Julia Serda]] * [[Karin Evans]] * [[Bernhard Minetti]] as Rittmeister von Hackenberg * [[Ernst Karchow]] * [[Harry Hardt]] as Oberstleutnant * [[Ekkehard Arendt]] * [[Hans Junkermann (actor)|Hans Junkermann]] as Stadtkommandant von Belgrad * [[Hans Zesch-Ballot]] as Major Sumerset * [[Veit Harlan]] as Meuternder Korporal * [[Anton Pointner]] * [[Hugo Flink]] * [[Albert von Kersten]] * [[Gerhard Haselbach]] * [[Albert Hugelmann]] * [[Erich Fiedler]] as Lakai im Konak

==See also== *''[[The Standard (film)|The Standard]]'' (1977)

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016. * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942''. McFarland, 2008.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0026695}}

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