Last Love (1935 film)

Last Love (German: Letzte Liebe) is a 1935 Austrian drama film directed by Fritz Schulz and starring Albert Bassermann, Michiko Tanaka and Elsa Bassermann.^[1]

Last Love
Austrian film poster
German	Letzte Liebe
Directed by	Fritz Schulz
Written by	Richard Arvay Norbert Garai Heinz Goldberg
Produced by	Rudi Löwenthal Erich Morawsky
Starring	Albert Bassermann Michiko Tanaka Elsa Bassermann
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Edited by	Paul Falkenberg
Music by	Franz Salmhofer Richard Tauber
Production company	Wiener Film KG Morawsky & Company
Distributed by	Kiba Kinobetriebsanstalt
Release date	28 February 1935 (1935-02-28)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Berger, Alfred Kunz and Emil Stepanek. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.

Cast

• Albert Bassermann as Thomas Bruck
• Michiko Tanaka as Namiko Sanada, Japanese musical student
• Elsa Bassermann as Hanna von Hooven
• Hans Jaray as Walter, their son
• Hans Homma as Director of the Vienna Opera
• Fritz Imhoff as the host
• Oskar Karlweis as Teddy Langhammer
• Karl Paryla as Franz
• Etha von Storm as Susi Spangenberg
• Wiener Philharmoniker as Themselves - Orchestra

Reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1935, Graham Greene reviewed the film favorably, describing it as having "a pleasant unpretentious air of truth about it", and suggesting to readers that "once accept the romantic plot and the rest is genuine: a creative career from a professional angle". Green praised the acting of Albert Bassermann and the "charming voice" of Michiko Meini.^[2]