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The Darling of Vienna

The Darling of Vienna

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 19, 1930

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Comedy

Original Title

Der Herr auf Bestellung

Production Companies

Super-Film GmbH

Director

Géza von Bolváry

Description

"Der Herr auf Bestellung" has the Weimar dream team of Walter Reisch as scriptwriter, Geza von Bolvary as director and most importantly, the incomparable Willi Forst as main actor. This 'musical burlesque' tells about a stylish young gentleman (Willi Forst) who works as a so-called 'Festredner'; an untranslatable term, it indicates a person who makes speeches at important events like marriages etc. for people who don't feel able to do it themselves. Willi lends his voice to a speech-impaired professor (Paul Hörbiger), but the baroness (Trude Lieske) who falls in love with Hörbiger only does so because of Willi's voice, and you can guess that this leads to all sorts of complications…