The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Douglas SirkDirector
- Franz Wallner-BastéWriter
- Douglas SirkWriter
- Kurt HeynickeWriter
- Edmund NickOriginal Music Composer
- Ferenc VecseyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mártha EggerthChristine Holm alias Sängerin Belotti
- Johannes HeestersLeutnant Walter von Arnegg
- Herbert HübnerStaatsminister von Arnegg
- Ernst WaldowDamenwäschevertreter von Zunder
- Hans RichterGefreiter Veit
- Kurt MeiselLeutnant Florian Schwälble
- Rudolf PlatteHofkapellmeister
- Otto TreßlerLandesfürst Serenissimus
- Rudolf Klein-RoggeOberst Flumms
- Flockina von PlatenGräfin Hadersdorff
- Ingeborg von KusserowZofe Babette
- Alfred AbelDichter Knips