The Land of Smiles | |
Producer: | Kurt Ulrich |
Editing: | Margarete Steinborn |
Studio: | Berolina Film |
Runtime: | 107 minutes |
Country: | West Germany |
Language: | German |
The Land of Smiles (de|'''Das Land des Lächelns''') is a 1952 West German operetta film directed by Hans Deppe and Erik Ode and starring Mártha Eggerth, Jan Kiepura and Walter Müller.[1] It is an adaptation of the operetta The Land of Smiles composed by Franz Lehár which had previously been made into a 1930 film starring Richard Tauber.[2] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Thailand. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann, Peter Schlewski and Heinrich Weidemann.