# Season in Cairo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Season_in_Cairo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Season_in_Cairo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Season_in_Cairo > Source revision: 1341607721 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1933 film Season in Cairo Directed by Reinhold Schünzel Written by Walter Reisch Produced by Günther Stapenhorst Starring Renate Müller Willy Fritsch Gustav Waldau Cinematography Carl Hoffmann Edited by Eduard von Borsody Music by Werner R. Heymann Production company UFA Distributed by UFA Release date 20 July 1933 (1933-07-20) Running time 80 minutes Country Germany Language German ***Season in Cairo*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Saison in Kairo***) is a 1933 German [musical](/source/Musical_film) [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Reinhold Schünzel](/source/Reinhold_Sch%C3%BCnzel) and starring [Renate Müller](/source/Renate_M%C3%BCller), [Willy Fritsch](/source/Willy_Fritsch) and [Gustav Waldau](/source/Gustav_Waldau).[1] A French-language version *[Idylle au Caire](/source/Idylle_au_Caire)* was released, also featuring Müller. The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Robert Herlth](/source/Robert_Herlth) and [Walter Röhrig](/source/Walter_R%C3%B6hrig). It was shot [on location](/source/Location_filming) in [Egypt](/source/Egypt) at [Giza](/source/Giza) and [Cairo](/source/Cairo), with interior filming taking place at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). ## Synopsis In Cairo, American Tobby Blackwell is worried about the extravagant, pampered lifestyle of his mother Elinor, the widow of a wealthy [magnate](/source/Magnate). Meanwhile Stefanie is worried about the debauched, womanising antics of her father, the [Count](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Marriage_of_convenience) followed by a quick [divorce](/source/Divorce). However, during a trip into the desert they begin to develop real feelings for each other. ## Cast - [Renate Müller](/source/Renate_M%C3%BCller) as Stefanie von Weidling-Weidling, Tochter - [Willy Fritsch](/source/Willy_Fritsch) as Tobby Blackwell, Sohn - [Gustav Waldau](/source/Gustav_Waldau) as Leopold Graf von Weidling-Weidling - [Leopoldine Konstantin](/source/Leopoldine_Konstantin) as Ellinor Blackwell - [Anton Pointner](/source/Anton_Pointner) as Giacomo Ottaviani - [Jakob Tiedtke](/source/Jakob_Tiedtke) as Exzellenz Ismael Pascha - [Angelo Ferrari](/source/Angelo_Ferrari) as 1st Gigolo - [Kurt Hagen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Hagen&action=edit&redlink=1) as 2nd Gigolo - [Erik Ode](/source/Erik_Ode) as 3rd Gigolo ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bregfelder & Bock p. 346 ## Bibliography - [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. New York: Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-57181-655-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57181-655-9). - [Elsaesser, Thomas](/source/Thomas_Elsaesser) (2000). *Weimar Cinema and After: Germany's Historical Imaginary*. London: Routledge. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-135-07859-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-135-07859-1). - Hake, Sabine (2001). *Popular Cinema of the Third Reich*. Austin: University of Texas Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-292-73458-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-292-73458-6). ## External links - [*Season in Cairo*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024519/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Reinhold Schünzel Der Graf von Cagliostro (1920) Catherine the Great (1920) Mary Magdalene (1920) The Girl from Acker Street (1920) Deceiver of the People (1921) The Story of a Maid (1921) Money in the Streets (1922) Adam and Eve (1923) All for Money (1923) The Slipper Hero (1923) The Three Marys (1923) Strong Winds (1924) A Woman for 24 Hours (1925) We'll Meet Again in the Heimat (1926) Hello Caesar! (1927) Heaven on Earth (1927) You Walk So Softly (1927) Always Be True and Faithful (1927) Don Juan in a Girls' School (1928) Phantoms of Happiness (1929) Peter the Mariner (1929) Column X (1929) Love in the Ring (1930) Ronny (1931, German) Ronny (1931, French) The Little Escapade (1931) How Shall I Tell My Husband? (1932) The Beautiful Adventure (1932, German) The Beautiful Adventure (1932, French) Season in Cairo (1933) Idylle au Caire (1933) Victor and Victoria (1933) George and Georgette (1934) The English Marriage (1934) Amphitryon (1935) Donogoo (1936) Donogoo Tonka (1936) The Girl Irene (1936) Land of Love (1937) Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) Balalaika (1939) The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939) The Great Awakening (1941) The Dubarry (1951) This article related to a German comedy film of the 1930s is a stub. 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