Daughter of the Regiment (German: Die Regimentstochter) is a 1953 Austrian historical comedy film directed by Georg C. Klaren and starring Aglaja Schmid, Robert Lindner, and Hermann Erhardt.[1] It is based on the storyline of the 1840 opera La fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti. The plot had previously been used for a 1929 silent film and a 1933 sound film, and another film version was made during 1953 by Géza von Bolváry.
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German | Die Regimentstochter |
Directed by | Georg C. Klaren |
Written by | Margarete Göbel Georg C. Klaren |
Produced by | J.A. Vesely |
Starring | Aglaja Schmid Robert Lindner Hermann Erhardt |
Cinematography | Willi Sohm |
Edited by | Josef Juvancic |
Music by | Karl Pauspertl |
Production company | Nova-Film |
Distributed by | Universal-Film |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Austria |
Language | German |
It was shot using Agfacolor at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by Leo Metzenbauer and Hans Zehetner.
A Tyrolean rifle regiment adopt a young baby girl they have rescued and she becomes the "Daughter of the Regiment". In 1811, as a full-grown woman she falls in love with one of the new recruits while the regiment battles French forces during the Napoleonic Wars.