# My Life for Maria Isabella > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/My_Life_for_Maria_Isabella > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/My_Life_for_Maria_Isabella.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_for_Maria_Isabella > Source revision: 1341594188 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1935 drama film by Erich Waschneck My Life for Maria Isabella Directed by Erich Waschneck Written by Friedrich Dammann Ernst Hasselbach Based on The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia Produced by Frank Clifford Starring Viktor de Kowa Maria Andergast Peter Voß Cinematography Herbert Körner Edited by Willy Zeunert Music by Herbert Windt Production company Lloyd-Film Distributed by Rota-Film Release date 7 February 1935 (1935-02-07) Running time 78 minutes Country Germany Language German ***My Life for Maria Isabella*** ([German](/source/German_language): *Mein Leben für Maria Isabell*) is a 1935 German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Erich Waschneck](/source/Erich_Waschneck) and starring [Viktor de Kowa](/source/Viktor_de_Kowa), [Maria Andergast](/source/Maria_Andergast) and [Peter Voß](/source/Peter_Vo%C3%9F).[1] 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](/source/Mutiny) scenes were too attractively portrayed.[2] Critics were not impressed by the casting of Viktor de Kowa, known for his light musical comedy roles, as the film's hero.[3] It was shot at the [Johannisthal Studios](/source/Johannisthal_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Otto Erdmann](/source/Otto_Erdmann_(art_director)) and [Hans Sohnle](/source/Hans_Sohnle). It was distributed by the [Tobis](/source/Tobis_Film) subsidiary Rota-Film. ## Synopsis In [Belgrade](/source/Belgrade) during the closing days of the [First World War](/source/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](/source/Viktor_de_Kowa) as Fähnrich Menis - [Maria Andergast](/source/Maria_Andergast) as Resa Lang - [Peter Voß](/source/Peter_Vo%C3%9F) as Rittmeister Graf Bottenlauben - [Franz Pfaudler](/source/Franz_Pfaudler) as Diener Anton - [Hans-Joachim Büttner](/source/Hans-Joachim_B%C3%BCttner) - [Hermann Frick](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hermann_Frick&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Julia Serda](/source/Julia_Serda) - [Karin Evans](/source/Karin_Evans) - [Bernhard Minetti](/source/Bernhard_Minetti) as Rittmeister von Hackenberg - [Ernst Karchow](/source/Ernst_Karchow) - [Harry Hardt](/source/Harry_Hardt) as Oberstleutnant - [Ekkehard Arendt](/source/Ekkehard_Arendt) - [Hans Junkermann](/source/Hans_Junkermann_(actor)) as Stadtkommandant von Belgrad - [Hans Zesch-Ballot](/source/Hans_Zesch-Ballot) as Major Sumerset - [Veit Harlan](/source/Veit_Harlan) as Meuternder Korporal - [Anton Pointner](/source/Anton_Pointner) - [Hugo Flink](/source/Hugo_Flink) - [Albert von Kersten](/source/Albert_von_Kersten) - [Gerhard Haselbach](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerhard_Haselbach&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Albert Hugelmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Hugelmann&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Erich Fiedler](/source/Erich_Fiedler) as Lakai im Konak ## See also - *[The Standard](/source/The_Standard_(film))* (1977) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Waldman p.85-86 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Noack p.76 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Noack p.76 ## 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 - [*My Life for Maria Isabella*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026695/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Erich Waschneck Struggle for the Soil (1925) My Friend the Chauffeur (1926) The Man in the Fire (1926) Aftermath (1927) Regine (1927) The Woman with the World Record (1927) Sajenko the Soviet (1928) Docks of Hamburg (1928) Scandal in Baden-Baden (1929) Diane (1929) The Love of the Brothers Rott (1929) The Favourite of Schonbrunn (1929) Three Around Edith (1929) The Old Song (1930) Two People (1930) Eight Girls in a Boat (1932) Sacred Waters (1932) Impossible Love (1932) Adventure on the Southern Express (1934) Music in the Blood (1934) Regine (1935) My Life for Maria Isabella (1935) Escapade (1936) Uncle Bräsig (1936) The Divine Jetta (1937) Anna Favetti (1938) Women for Golden Hill (1938) The Rothschilds (1940) Between Hamburg and Haiti (1940) The Roedern Affair (1944) Thank You (1948) Three Days of Fear (1952) Have Sunshine in Your Heart (1953) Authority control databases GND This article related to a German film of the 1930s is a stub. 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