The Blue Star of the South

The Blue Star of the South
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Directed by	Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Produced by	Karl Ehrlich
Written by	Theodor Ottawa Heinrich Rumpff (novel)
Starring	Viktor de Kowa Gustav Knuth Gretl Schörg
Music by	Franz Grothe Hans-Martin Majewski
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Production company	Vindobona-Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release dates	22 December 1951
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

The Blue Star of the South (German: Der blaue Stern des Südens) is a 1951 Austrian comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Viktor de Kowa, Gustav Knuth and Gretl Schörg.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Hamburg and Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht.

Cast

• Viktor de Kowa as Ivo
• Gustav Knuth as Bruck
• Gretl Schörg as Yella
• Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Niccolini
• Charlott Daudert as Sonja
• Ernst Waldow as Kriminalrat Dr. Klein
• Hanna Ralph as Oberin Madeleine
• Paula Braend as Frau Murtus
• Katharina Mayberg as Nelitze
• Michael Tellering as Frisco-Jim
• Malte Jaeger as Marcel, ein Apache
• Harald Mannl as Meyrink

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• The Blue Star of the South at IMDb