Child of the Danube (German: Kind der Donau) is a 1950 Austrian musical film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Marika Rökk, Fred Liewehr and Harry Fuß. It was one of a cycle of popular musicals made by Jacoby and Rökk.[1] The film was shot using Agfacolor at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. Location shooting took place around Linz on the River Danube. The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.

Child of the Danube
GermanKind der Donau
Directed byGeorg Jacoby
Written byGeorg Jacoby
Friedrich Schreyvogel
Produced byKarl Brenneis
Josef A. Vesely
StarringMarika Rökk
Fred Liewehr
Nadja Tiller
CinematographyHanns König
Walter Riml
Edited byPaula Dvorak
Leontine Klicka
Music byNico Dostal
Production
companies
Nova-Film
Wien-Film
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Release date
  • 4 August 1950 (1950-08-04)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Partial cast

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  1. ^ Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007. p. 219. ISBN 1845455363.

Bibliography

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  • Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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