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Oh... Rosalinda!! 
theatrical posterDirected by Michael Powell
Emeric PressburgerProduced by Michael Powell
Emeric PressburgerWritten by Michael Powell
Emeric PressburgerStarring Michael Redgrave
Mel Ferrer
Anthony Quayle
Ludmilla Tchérina
Anton WalbrookMusic by Johann Strauss (music)
Dennis Arundell (lyrics)Cinematography Christopher Challis Editing by Reginald Mills Distributed by Associated British–Pathé Release date(s) 15 November 1955 (UK trade)
2 January 1956 (UK)Running time 101 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) is a film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars Michael Redgrave, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, dancer Ludmilla Tchérina and Anton Walbrook and features Dennis Price.
The film is based on the operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Johann Strauss, but updated to take place in post-war Vienna as occupied by the four Allied powers: the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the U.S.S.R. The music, played by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under conductor Alois Melichar,[1] has new lyrics by Dennis Arundell, and professional singers dubbed for some of the actors. The choreography is by Alfred Rodrigues, and the production was designed by Hein Heckroth.
Oh... Rosalinda!! is a light-hearted Technicolor romp that makes full use of the new CinemaScope process, and is not just a film of a staged production but a filmic operetta.
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Plot
In postwar Vienna, a playboy American officer, Capt. Alfred Westerman (Mel Ferrer), plays a practical joke on British Colonel Eisenstein (Michael Redgrave) and his flirtatious wife Rosalinda (Ludmilla Tcherina) at a masked ball.[2][3][4]
Cast
- Anthony Quayle as Gen. Orlovsky
- Anton Walbrook as Dr. Falke
- Dennis Price as Maj. Frank
- Ludmilla Tchérina as Rosalinda
- Michael Redgrave as Col. Eisenstein
- Mel Ferrer as Capt. Alfred Westerman
- Anneliese Rothenberger as Adele
- Oskar Sima as Frosch
- Nicholas Bruce as Hotel receptionist
- Arthur Mullard as Russian guard
Singing voices:- Sari Barabas as Rosalinda
- Alexander Young as Capt. Alfred
- Dennis Dowling as Maj. Frank
- Walter Berry as Dr. Falke
Cast notes:- Roy Kinnear is listed in the cast, but no role is specified.[5][6][7]
Production
Oh... Rosalinda was filmed at Elstree Studios in Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire and on location in London.[8]
Powell and Pressburger had suffered through four box office disappointments in a row before this film, which is one reason that Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Orson Welles were approached about playing the roles of Alfred, Eisenstein and Orlovsky – however Oh... Rosalinda!! was not commercially successful.[9]
Notes
- ^ TCM Music
- ^ TCM Overview
- ^ Erickson, Hal Plot synopsis (Allmovie)
- ^ IMDB Plot summary
- ^ Oh... Rosalinda!! at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ TCM Full credits
- ^ Allmovie Cast
- ^ IMDB Filming locations
- ^ Angelini, Sergio Oh...Rosalinda!! (BFI Screen Online)
External links
- Oh... Rosalinda!! reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages
- Oh... Rosalinda!! at the Internet Movie Database
- Oh... Rosalinda!! at the TCM Movie Database
- Oh... Rosalinda!! at AllRovi
- Oh... Rosalinda!! at the British Film Institute's Screenonline. Full synopsis and film stills (and clips viewable from UK libraries).
Powell and Pressburger The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger1930s 1940s Contraband · An Airman's Letter to His Mother · 49th Parallel · One of Our Aircraft is Missing · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · The Volunteer · A Canterbury Tale · I Know Where I'm Going! · A Matter of Life and Death · Black Narcissus · The Red Shoes · The Small Back Room
1950s The Elusive Pimpernel · Gone to Earth · The Tales of Hoffmann · Oh... Rosalinda!! · The Battle of the River Plate · Ill Met by Moonlight
1960s Peeping Tom 1 · They're a Weird Mob · Age of Consent 1
1970s 1 Powell only.Categories:- British films
- English-language films
- 1950s musical films
- 1955 films
- Films based on operas
- Films by Powell and Pressburger
- Films set in Austria
- Films shot in CinemaScope
- Films shot in Technicolor
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