{{short description|1937 film}} {{use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Tango Notturno | image =Tango Notturno.jpg | caption = | director = Fritz Kirchhoff | writer = {{ubl|Philipp Lothar Mayring|Rolf E. Vanloo}} | producer = {{ubl|{{ill|Hans Conradi|de}}|Rolf E. Vanloo}} | starring = {{ubl|Pola Negri|Albrecht Schoenhals|Lina Carstens}} | narrator = | cinematography = Fritz Arno Wagner | editing = Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz | music = Hans-Otto Borgmann | studio = Fabrikation Deutscher Filme | distributor = Terra Film | released = {{film date|1937|12|22|df=y}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Tango Notturno''''' is a 1937 German drama film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Pola Negri, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Lina Carstens.<ref>Horst O. Hermanni ''Von Dorothy Dandridge bis Willy Fritsch: Das Film ABC'' p345 2009 ".. in dem Frauendrama »Tango Notturno« (1937) mit Pola Negri und Albrecht Schoenhals, Regie: Fritz Kirchhoff;</ref>
The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Böhm (art director) and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.
The film made a hit of Pola Negri's rendition of the song "Ich hab' an dich gedacht" (lyrics by Hans-Fritz Beckman, music by Hans-Otto Borgmann) which gave its title to the film.<ref>Bogusław Drewniak ''Polen und Deutschland 1919–1939: Wege und Irrwege'' 1939 "Zu einem gewissen Erfolg wurde in der Zeit der großen Tangomanie in Europa „Tango Notturno" (1937) in der Regie von Fritz Kirchoff und mit dem Schlager von Hans Otto Borgmann, der dem Film den Titel gab, in dem Pola Negri wiederum "</ref> Negri's role was originally intended for Marlene Dietrich.
==Cast== {{cast listing| * Pola Negri as Mado Doucet * Albrecht Schoenhals as Jac Gerard, Composer * Waldemar Leitgeb as Lincoln, Fliegeroffizier * Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Bessie Godfrey * Lina Carstens as Frau Wattson * Günther Hadank as Untersuchungsrichter * Hans Zesch-Ballot as Kommissar Trent * Erich Ponto as Ein armer Kerl * Karl Dannemann as Smith * Theo Shall as Phillip, Fliegeroffizier * Herta Worell as Gladys, seine Frau * Hans Nielsen as Billy Sefton, Fliegeroffizier * Kurt Seifert as Webster * Edwin Jürgensen as Der Kapellmeister * Jack Trevor as Fliegerkommandant * F. W. Schröder-Schrom as Der Arzt * Victor Schamoni as Charlie, Child * {{ill|Reginald Pasch|de|Reginald Pasch|fr|Reinhold Pasch}} as Morris * Gotthart Portloff as Oberst der Flieger * Erich Dunskus as Der Gefängniswachtmeister * Else Ehser as Die Garderobiere bei Mado * Wilhelm König as Bobby, ein Freund Jacs, Musiker * Franz Kossak as John, ein Freund Jacs, Musiker * Karin Luesebrink as Die blonde Animierdame in der Bar * {{ill|S. O. Schoening|de}} as Der Wirt im Lokal, in dem Smith verkehrt * Werner Stock as Der Bursche von Käptn' Lincoln * Bruno Ziener as Der Diener bei den Gerards * Hanns Waschatko as Billy Seftons Vater * Angelo Ferrari as Der Inspizient im Nachtklub * Curd Jürgens as Ein Freund Jacs, Musiker * {{ill|Jac Diehl|de}} as Ein Kellner }}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * {{cite book | first = Mariusz | last = Kotowski | title = Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale | publisher = University Press of Kentucky | year = 2014 | location = Lexington | isbn = 978-0-8131-4489-4 }}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0029641|Tango Notturno}}
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Category:1937 films Category:Films of Nazi Germany Category:1937 German-language films Category:Films directed by Fritz Kirchhoff Category:1937 drama films Category:German drama films Category:Terra Film films Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Category:German black-and-white films Category:1937 German films Category:Films scored by Hans-Otto Borgmann Category:German-language drama films
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