Season in Cairo

{{Short description|1933 film}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Season in Cairo | image = Season in Cairo.jpg | caption = | director = [[Reinhold Schünzel]] | producer = [[Günther Stapenhorst]] | writer = [[Walter Reisch]] | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Renate Müller]]|[[Willy Fritsch]]|[[Gustav Waldau]]}} | music = [[Werner R. Heymann]] | cinematography = [[Carl Hoffmann]] | editing = [[Eduard von Borsody]] | studio = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] | distributor = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] | released = {{Film date|1933|7|20|df=y}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Season in Cairo''''' ({{langx|de|'''Saison in Kairo'''}}) is a 1933 German [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Reinhold Schünzel]] and starring [[Renate Müller]], [[Willy Fritsch]] and [[Gustav Waldau]].<ref>Bregfelder & Bock p. 346</ref> A French-language version ''[[Idylle au Caire]]'' was released, also featuring Müller. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Robert Herlth]] and [[Walter Röhrig]]. It was shot [[location filming|on location]] in [[Egypt]] at [[Giza]] and [[Cairo]], with interior filming taking place at the [[Babelsberg Studios]] in [[Berlin]].

==Synopsis== In Cairo, American Tobby Blackwell is worried about the extravagant, pampered lifestyle of his mother Elinor, the widow of a wealthy [[magnate]]. Meanwhile Stefanie is worried about the debauched, womanising antics of her father, the [[Count]] of Weidling-Weidling. They plan to bring them together, but unknown to them, their parents plan to do the same for their children. Elinor is attracted to the idea of her son marrying into European [[nobility]] while the near-penniless aristocrat is delighted with the idea of his daughter marrying into money. Towards this end, they announce the engagement of their children at a public event. Fearful of causing a scandal, the two agree to a wedding as a [[marriage of convenience]] followed by a quick [[divorce]]. However, during a trip into the desert they begin to develop real feelings for each other.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[Renate Müller]] as Stefanie von Weidling-Weidling, Tochter * [[Willy Fritsch]] as Tobby Blackwell, Sohn * [[Gustav Waldau]] as Leopold Graf von Weidling-Weidling * [[Leopoldine Konstantin]] as Ellinor Blackwell * [[Anton Pointner]] as Giacomo Ottaviani * [[Jakob Tiedtke]] as Exzellenz Ismael Pascha * [[Angelo Ferrari]] as 1st Gigolo * [[Kurt Hagen]] as 2nd Gigolo * [[Erik Ode]] as 3rd Gigolo }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }} * {{cite book | last = Elsaesser | first = Thomas | author-link = Thomas Elsaesser | title = Weimar Cinema and After: Germany's Historical Imaginary | publisher = Routledge | year = 2000 | location = London | isbn = 978-1-135-07859-1 }} * {{cite book | last = Hake | first = Sabine | title = Popular Cinema of the Third Reich | publisher = University of Texas Press | year = 2001 | location = Austin | isbn = 978-0-292-73458-6 }}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0024519}}

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