Richard Tauber in "THE LAND OF SMILES' 1930 film (excerpts) in color
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'Das Land des Lächelns' - Germany 1930 excerpts
Richard Tauber as Ein exotischer Fürst / Prinz Sou Chong
Mary Losseff as Liesa
Hans Mierendorff as Der Gesandte - ihr Vater
Bruno Kastner as Gustl
Karl Platen as Eine alte Exzellenz / ein alter Chinese in der Operette
Margit Suchy as Liesa in der Operette
Hella Kürty as Mi in der Operette
Willy Stettner as Gustl in der Operette
Max Schreck as Der Hundertjährige in der Operette
Georg John as Tschang in der Operette
Franz Lehár as Der Kapellmeister
Colorized using 'DeOldify'
Digital audio restoration using 'Adobe Audition' & 'Audacity'
Audio & video accessed from various sources. At times the film and audio may not be perfectly in synch. As far as I know, the film has not survived in its entirety.
Without doubt to me "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" is my all time favorite aria. It is a unbelievable treat. I come across Richard Taubner's Operetta: A Theatrical History (Double Day, 1983) this afternoon while sorting my bookshelves for donations. It has a reference the film version, but describes this as his most celebrated Tauberlied, and how he would sing it in French, in English and sotto voce and so forth in encores around the world. Thank you for posting this.
Today‘s Sunday matinee... ⭐️ 🎼🎵🎶🎶 ⭐️
Thank you for sharing this gem! 💎🙏🍀
Very instructive experience to see how people of those hard times were making art.
Времена были самые шикарные,а вот наше время ,время бессмысленного идиотизма,самое лёгкое время,идиоты явно не патриоты,хотя и патриоты сплошные идиоты
A remarkable achievement - the sound is much improved from previous audio and video versions.
The filming was done in Munich at the Emelka studios between August 7 and September 6 1930. The first public screening was at the Capitol Cinema in Vienna on November 8 1930, attended by both Tauber and Lehar.
Saltburner, I'm curious where your user name comes from?
This otherworldly operetta seems both suspended in time and BEYOND our time. Certainly America wasn't ready for it, and Tauber took a large financial loss, both in the U.K. but especially in the United States. I always felt that this operetta was the closest to a Grand Opera in both scale, brilliance, and drama.
I have seen the (complete) film at the NFT in London in 1971. The soundtrack issued by Membran on CD some years ago runs for almost 79 minutes, so I suspect the entire film does still exist.
This appears to be a more modern (1930) version of Turandot. The colors are remarkable for a 1930 film but at that time, Germany had the best optical technology in the world.
I should amend my description by adding that the last part of the film appeared to be mirroring Pucinni's Madama Butterfly, but the music does not match Pucinni at all. One must look upon this film as 1) a technological marvel for 1930, and 2) the now oft sung aria, "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz".
Brilliant
He played it in London, on tour in South Africa and in the US (though I believe he did also tour Australia)
I'm a Viennese Soprano myself with special education in the interpretation of Operetta, so it's especially interesting for me to hear this. This film was not only produced when Lehàr was still alive, but even in his "prime", when this operetta was composed just 1 year before! I knew that R. Tauber was one of his favorite tenors and also personal friend, but I must admit, I'm quite disappointed by what I can see and hear here!
Taken into account that back then there were totally different esthetics and a different taste in musical interpretation (which I find interesting and also really nice), this - for me - does not excuse his total lack of any dramatic expression and the style of "acting" showing only pathos and artificial gestures.
Even though I get it, that the film apparently focuses on the tenor (Sou Chong) on purpose and a bit on the buffo couple Mi/Gustl, it's still disappointing to see that the lead lady (Lisa) is shown just so little, even though in the original score she sings almost as many vocally demanding scenes and high notes as the tenor.. apparently they were cut for the movie, to not steal Mr. Tauber's show.- The only big duet, that is shown (Wer hat die Liebe mir ins Herz gesenkt) is also altered, omitting all her higher vocal phrases, which I really don't appreciate!
Apparently Lehàr did not have objections to that. - strange! It reminds me a bit of the movie "Gräfin Mariza" (1932) with Hubert Marischka (who is singing the lead tenor songs like all the time) and Dorothea Wieck (not singing at all) as lead roles. Tenors must have been especially appreciated back then... :-S
22:47 Dein ist mein ganzes herz