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Boccaccio (1936 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Boccaccio' is a 1936 German musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Albrecht Schoenhals, Gina Falckenberg, and Willy Fritsch.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Hunte.
Plot
Boccaccio is an operetta that relates how Nazis conceived the Italian Renaissance. The Ferrara's residents are carried up in a tide of emotion and physical passion. Before long, the town is in chaos.
Background
The film was produced by Universum-Film AG Berlin under the production management of Max Pfeiffer between mid-February and mid-April 1936 in the Ufa studios in Neubabelsberg and premiered on August 11, 1936 in the UFA-Palast (Berlin).Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme: Filmlexikon der abendfllenden deutschen und deutschsprachigen Tonfilme nach ihren deutschen Urauffhrungen, Klaus Archiv Berlin 2006, S. 35
The film music was written by Franz Doelle, the lyrics by Charles Amberg. Individual songs such as "Bella Fiametta", "Alles, alles tu' ich aus Liebe" and "Radiant Sun" were published by Ufaton Verlag, interpreted by Charles Amberg.Wolfgang Adler: Schlagerchronik von 18921959, Bd. 3, Sender Freies Berlin, 1987, ISBN 978-3922564003
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