Ball at the Metropol

1937 film

26 January 1937 (1937-01-26)

Running time

84 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

Ball at the Metropol (German: Ball im Metropol) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Frank Wisbar and starring Heinrich George, Heinz von Cleve and Hilde Weissner.^[1]^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Maurischat and Anton Weber. It was based on the 1888 novel Irrungen, Wirrungen by Theodor Fontane.^[3] It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.

Cast

Heinrich George as Rudolf von Waltzien
Heinz von Cleve as Eberhard von Waltzien
Hilde Weissner as Margit Steltendorff
Viktoria von Ballasko as Gertrude Selle
Elsa Wagner as Frau Selle
Ursula Weißbach as Lotte Schultze
Katja Specht as Eva Kreßt
Franz Schafheitlin as Steltendorff
Fred Goebel as Studerke
Leopold von Ledebur as Graf Kreßt
Heinz Klockow as von Restrow
S.O. Schoening as von Prißwitz
Bob Bauer as von Puttkammer
Frau Finkelnburg as Baronin Malchin
Fanny Cotta as Direktrice des Modehauses
William Huch as Diener bei Baron von Waltzien
Fred Köster as Gast beim Ball im Metropol
Karl Platen as Werner, Diener
Achim von Biel as Gesandter
Margitta Zonewa as Sängerin

References

^ Nicolella p.94
^ Cinema and the Swastika p.198
^ Goble p.162

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Nicolella, Henry. Frank Wisbar: The Director of Ferryman Maria, from Germany to America and Back. McFarland, 2018.
Winkel, Roel Vande & Welch, David. Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.