# Queen of the Arena > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Queen_of_the_Arena > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Queen_of_the_Arena.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Arena > Source revision: 1355508915 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1952 film Queen of the Arena Directed by Rolf Meyer Written by Gerhart Hauptmann (novel Wanda) Rolf Meyer Kurt E. Walter Produced by Alexander Grüter Herbert Sennewald Starring Maria Litto Hans Söhnker Jan Hendriks Cinematography Igor Oberberg Edited by Hermann Leitner Music by Michael Jary Production company Corona Film Distributed by Herzog Film Release date 19 December 1952 (1952-12-19) Running time 81 minutes Country West Germany Language German ***Queen of the Arena*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Königin der Arena***) is a 1952 West German [musical](/source/Musical_film) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Rolf Meyer](/source/Rolf_Meyer) and starring [Maria Litto](/source/Maria_Litto), [Hans Söhnker](/source/Hans_S%C3%B6hnker) and [Jan Hendriks](/source/Jan_Hendriks).[1] It contains elements of both the [revue](/source/Revue) film and the [circus film](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Circus_film&action=edit&redlink=1) genres. It was shot at the [Bendestorf](/source/Bendestorf) Studios near [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) and [on location](/source/Location_shooting) around [Sorrento](/source/Sorrento) in [Italy](/source/Italy). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Franz Schroedter](/source/Franz_Schroedter). ## Cast - [Maria Litto](/source/Maria_Litto) as Margarita, Tänzerin - [Hans Söhnker](/source/Hans_S%C3%B6hnker) as Professor Gerhart Mahnke, Bildhauer - [Jan Hendriks](/source/Jan_Hendriks) as Tonio, Artist - [Grethe Weiser](/source/Grethe_Weiser) as Constance Caselli, Zirkusdirektorin - [Paul Kemp](/source/Paul_Kemp_(actor)) as Fritz Zwickel, Faktotum Mahnkes - [Camilla Horn](/source/Camilla_Horn) as Diana Bianca, Dompteuse - [Peter Alexander](/source/Peter_Alexander_(Austrian_performer)) as Singer - [Horst Beck](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horst_Beck&action=edit&redlink=1) as Manegeclown - [Erwin Bredow](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erwin_Bredow&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dancer - [Bully Buhlan](/source/Bully_Buhlan) as Singer - [Lonny Kellner](/source/Lonny_Kellner) as Singer - [Helmut Ketels](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmut_Ketels&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dancer - [Ernesto Kühne](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernesto_K%C3%BChne&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dresseur - [Bruce Low](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bruce_Low&action=edit&redlink=1) as Singer - [Michael Piel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Piel&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dancer - [Guenter Schnittjer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guenter_Schnittjer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Singer - [Max Walter Sieg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Walter_Sieg&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Jockel Stahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jockel_Stahl&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dancer - [Fred Weyrich](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fred_Weyrich&action=edit&redlink=1) as Singer - [Horst Winter](/source/Horst_Winter) as Singer - [Helmut Zacharias](/source/Helmut_Zacharias) as Dirigent ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p. 519 ## Bibliography - Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. *The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books, 2009. ## External links - [*Queen of the Arena*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044815/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to a German film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1950s-Germany-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1950s-Germany-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1950s-Germany-film-stub) This article about a musical drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Musical-drama-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AMusical-drama-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Musical-drama-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Queen of the Arena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Arena) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Arena?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.