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Midnight Revue
Title
Midnight Revue.
Publication
DEFA Film Library, 1962.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from title frames.
Film
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1962.
In English
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Famous producer Otto Kruse brags that he will produce a successful, new kind of revue film. When the project is close to failing, he orders his stage manager to "do what it takes." Soon his young female assistant finds herself holding a dramaturg, composer and set designer hostage in a villa-with orders to keep them there until they create a cheerful revue film. The hostages fear it is impossible to please both the public and the critics. Only a young, brash, unknown musician who has insinuated himself into the group is enthusiastically inspired to create an opulent film revue and impress the young assistant producer. This East German backstage film musical-a colorful spectacle and tour de force of music and dance, is filled with clever references to Hollywood revues. It exemplifies the GDR's push to create box-office hits and compete with West German productions.
Variant and related titles
Kanopy Base.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
German
Added to Catalog
August 31, 2023
Performers
Christel Bodenstein, Claus Schulz, Fanny Daal, Fred Frohberg, Gerry Wolff, Hans Klering, Helga Brauer, Jochen Thomas, Johannes Arpe, Julia Axen, Manfred Krug, Nicole Félix, Werner Lierck, Willi Schwabe
Publisher's number
6371237 Kanopy
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Also listed under
Kanopy (Firm)
DEFA Film Library (Firm),
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