Princess Turandot (film)

Princess Turandot (German: Prinzessin Turandot) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Käthe von Nagy and Willy Fritsch.^[1] A separate French-language version, Turandot, Princess of China, was also released.

Princess Turandot
German film poster
German	Prinzessin Turandot
Directed by	Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by	Thea von Harbou
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst
Starring	Käthe von Nagy Willy Fritsch
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Franz Doelle
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	30 November 1934 (1934-11-30)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The script is by Thea von Harbou.^[2] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The music was by Franz Doelle with song lyrics by Bruno Balz and C. Amberg (including the opening Turandot, bezaubernde Turandot - 'enchanting Turandot'),^[3] and the sound engineer was Dr. Fritz Seidel.

Cast

• Willi Schaeffers as The Emperor
• Leopoldine Konstantin as The Empress
• Käthe von Nagy as Princess Turandot
• Inge List as Mian Li
• Willy Fritsch as Kalaf, the bird-dealer
• Paul Kemp as Willibald
• Aribert Wäscher as the judge
• Paul Heidemann as Prince of Samarkand
• Gerhard Dammann as executioner
• Ernst Behmer as the fruit dealer
• Edlef Schauer as the barber's clerk
• Angelo Ferrari
• Rudolf Biebrach
• Gaston Briese
• Alexander Engel
• Willi Grill
• Karl Hannemann
• Karl Hellmer
• Eduard Kandl
• Werner Kepich
• Bertold Reissig
• Hans Sternberg