My Life for Maria Isabella
- 7 February 1935 (1935-02-07)
My Life for Maria Isabella (German: Mein Leben für Maria Isabell) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Viktor de Kowa, Maria Andergast and Peter Voß.[1] It is a military drama, the Maria Isabella of the title being the name of a regiment. Heavy cuts were imposed by the censors because of fears the film's mutiny scenes were too attractively portrayed.[2] Critics were not impressed by the casting of Viktor de Kowa, known for his light musical comedy roles, as the film's hero.[3]
It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was distributed by the Tobis subsidiary Rota-Film.
Synopsis
In Belgrade during the closing days of the First World War, the Austrian regiments are mostly composed of disgruntled minorities who mutiny rather than fight on. A young officer attempts to save the regimental colours from falling into enemy hands, and safely takes them back to Vienna where they are symbolically burnt.
Cast
- Viktor de Kowa as Fähnrich Menis
- Maria Andergast as Resa Lang
- Peter Voß as Rittmeister Graf Bottenlauben
- Franz Pfaudler as Diener Anton
- Hans-Joachim Büttner
- Hermann Frick
- Julia Serda
- Karin Evans
- Bernhard Minetti as Rittmeister von Hackenberg
- Ernst Karchow
- Harry Hardt as Oberstleutnant
- Ekkehard Arendt
- Hans Junkermann as Stadtkommandant von Belgrad
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Major Sumerset
- Veit Harlan as Meuternder Korporal
- Anton Pointner
- Hugo Flink
- Albert von Kersten
- Gerhard Haselbach
- Albert Hugelmann
- Erich Fiedler as Lakai im Konak
See also
- The Standard (1977)
References
Bibliography
- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
External links
- My Life for Maria Isabella at IMDb
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