---
title: 'The Csardas King (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harald Philipp'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-csardas-king-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051508/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Csardas King (1958)

1958 · 96 min · History · Germany

Original title: Der Czardas-König

## Synopsis

The Csardas King is a 1958 West German musical film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Rudolf Schock and Elma Karlowa. It is a biopic of the life of the Hungarian operetta composer Emmerich Kálmán.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harald Philipp](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-philipp)
- **Screenplay:** [Janne Furch](https://cinepixo.com/people/janne-furch), [Helmuth M. Backhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmuth-m-backhaus)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Emmerich Kálmán](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmerich-kalman)
- **Producer:** [Artur Brauner](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-brauner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fritz Arno Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-arno-wagner)
- **Editor:** [Johanna Meisel](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-meisel)

## Cast

- [Kurt Waitzmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-waitzmann)
- [Marina Orschel](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-orschel)
- [Monika Dahlberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/monika-dahlberg)
- [Richard Häussler](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-haussler)
- [Camilla Spira](https://cinepixo.com/people/camilla-spira)
- [Maly Delschaft](https://cinepixo.com/people/maly-delschaft)
- [Alice Treff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-treff)
- [Hubert von Meyerinck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-von-meyerinck)
- [Gerhard Riedmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-riedmann)
- [Rudolf Schock](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-schock)
- [Richard Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-allan)
- [Elma Karlowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/elma-karlowa)
- [Gerd Frickhöffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerd-frickhoffer)
- [Sabine Bethmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/sabine-bethmann)

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