---
title: 'Operetta (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Willi Forst'
released: '1940-12-20'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/operetta-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032877/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Operetta (1940)

1940 · 107 min · Music · Germany, Austria

Original title: Operette

## Synopsis

Operetta is a 1940 German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst, Maria Holst and Dora Komar. The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss. It is the first film in director Willi Forst's "Viennese Trilogy" followed by Vienna Blood (1942) and Viennese Girls (1945). The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner (1832–1900), a leading musical figure in the city. It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Willi Forst](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-forst), [Karl Hartl](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hartl)
- **Screenplay:** [Willi Forst](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-forst), [Axel Eggebrecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-eggebrecht)
- **Producer:** [Willi Forst](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-forst)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Schmidt-Gentner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schmidt-gentner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Schneeberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schneeberger), [Sepp Ketterer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sepp-ketterer)
- **Editor:** [Hans Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-wolff)

## Cast

- [Paul Hörbiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-horbiger)
- [Gustav Waldau](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-waldau)
- [Maria Holst](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-holst)
- [Trude Marlen](https://cinepixo.com/people/trude-marlen)
- [Siegfried Breuer](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-breuer)
- [Curd Jürgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/curd-jurgens)
- [Willi Forst](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-forst)
- [Josefine Kramer-Glöckner](https://cinepixo.com/people/josefine-kramer-glockner)
- [Klaus Pohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-pohl-2)
- [Ferdinand Maierhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-maierhofer)
- [Heinz Woester](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-woester)
- [Alfred Neugebauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-neugebauer)
- [Gisa Wurm](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisa-wurm)
- [Theodor Danegger](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodor-danegger)
- [Leo Slezak](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-slezak)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/operetta-1940
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