Ball at the Savoy (1955 film)

Ball at the Savoy
Directed by	Paul Martin
Written by	Alfred Grünwald (libretto) Fritz Löhner-Beda (libretto) Paul Martin Franz Tassié
Produced by	Waldemar Frank
Starring	Rudolf Prack Nadja Tiller Peter W. Staub
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Paul Abraham
Production company	Central-Europa Film
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	27 April 1955 (1955-04-27)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Ball at the Savoy (German: Ball im Savoy) is a 1955 West German musical comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Prack, Nadja Tiller, and Peter W. Staub.^[1] Inspired by the 1932 operetta Ball im Savoy by Paul Abraham, this film is closer to a revue show than the previous 1935 film adaptation.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg.

Cast

• Rudolf Prack as Paul Alexander
• Nadja Tiller as Tangolita
• Peter W. Staub as Viktor
• Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Madeleine
• Rudolf Platte as Mustapha Bei
• Caterina Valente as Caterina
• John W. Bubbles as himself
• Die drei Peheiros [de] as Themselves
• Rasma Ducat as Rasma
• Kurt Edelhagen as himself, Musician
• Peter Garden as René
• Bibi Johns as Bibi Johns
• Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Johann
• Brigitte Rau as Susanne
• Edhilt Rochell [de] as Ruth
• Ilo Schieder [de] as Illo
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Max

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder, p. 374.

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Ball at Savoy (1955) at IMDb