Opera Ball (1956 film)

Opera Ball (German: Opernball) is a 1956 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Johannes Heesters, Hertha Feiler and Josef Meinrad. Based on the 1898 operetta Der Opernball, it is part of the operetta film tradition. A previous film version had been made in 1939.^[1]

Opera Ball
Directed by	Ernst Marischka
Written by	Viktor Léon (libretto) Heinrich von Waldberg (libretto) Ernst Marischka
Produced by	Karl Ehrlich
Starring	Johannes Heesters Hertha Feiler Josef Meinrad
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Alfred Srp
Music by	Richard Heuberger
Production company	Erma-Film
Distributed by	Sascha Film (Austria) Herzog-Filmverleih (W.Germany)
Release date	30 August 1956 (1956-08-30)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. It was shot using Agfacolor.

Cast

• Johannes Heesters as Georg Dannhauser
• Hertha Feiler as Elisabeth, seine Frau
• Josef Meinrad as Paul Hollinger
• Sonja Ziemann as Helene Hollinger, seine Frau
• Adrian Hoven as Richard Stelzer
• Rudolf Vogel as Eduard von Lamberg
• Fita Benkhoff as Hermine, seine Frau
• Theo Lingen as Philipp, Diener bei Dannhauser
• Dorit Kreysler as Hanni, Dienstmädchen bei Dannhauser
• Frances Martin as Mizzi Schuster
• Hans Moser as Anton Hatschek, Oberkellner