Queen of the Arena

{{Short description|1952 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Queen of the Arena | image =Queen of the Arena.jpg | caption = | director = [[Rolf Meyer]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Alexander Grüter]]|[[Herbert Sennewald]]}} | writer = {{ubl|[[Gerhart Hauptmann]] (novel ''Wanda'')|[[Rolf Meyer]]|[[Kurt E. Walter]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Maria Litto]]|[[Hans Söhnker]]|[[Jan Hendriks]]}} | music = [[Michael Jary]] | cinematography = [[Igor Oberberg]] | editing = [[Hermann Leitner]] | studio = Corona Film | distributor = [[Herzog Film]] | released = {{Film date|1952|12|19|df=yes}} | runtime = 81 minutes | country = West Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Queen of the Arena''''' ({{langx|de|'''Königin der Arena'''}}) is a 1952 West German [[musical film|musical]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Rolf Meyer]] and starring [[Maria Litto]], [[Hans Söhnker]] and [[Jan Hendriks]].<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p. 519</ref> It contains elements of both the [[revue]] film and the [[circus film]] genres. It was shot at the [[Bendestorf]] Studios near [[Hamburg]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[Sorrento]] in [[Italy]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Franz Schroedter]].

==Cast== * [[Maria Litto]] as Margarita, Tänzerin * [[Hans Söhnker]] as Professor Gerhart Mahnke, Bildhauer * [[Jan Hendriks]] as Tonio, Artist * [[Grethe Weiser]] as Constance Caselli, Zirkusdirektorin * [[Paul Kemp (actor)|Paul Kemp]] as Fritz Zwickel, Faktotum Mahnkes * [[Camilla Horn]] as Diana Bianca, Dompteuse * [[Peter Alexander (Austrian performer)|Peter Alexander]] as Singer * [[Horst Beck]] as Manegeclown * [[Erwin Bredow]] as Dancer * [[Bully Buhlan]] as Singer * [[Lonny Kellner]] as Singer * [[Helmut Ketels]] as Dancer * [[Ernesto Kühne]] as Dresseur * [[Bruce Low]] as Singer * [[Michael Piel]] as Dancer * [[Guenter Schnittjer]] as Singer * [[Max Walter Sieg]] * [[Jockel Stahl]] as Dancer * [[Fred Weyrich]] as Singer * [[Horst Winter]] as Singer * [[Helmut Zacharias]] as Dirigent

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0044815}}

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