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Boccaccio is a 1936 German musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Albrecht Schoenhals, Gina Falckenberg, and Willy Fritsch.[1]

Boccaccio
Directed by	Herbert Maisch
Written by	Emil Burri Walter Forster
Produced by	Max Pfeiffer
Starring	Albrecht Schoenhals Gina Falckenberg Willy Fritsch Heli Finkenzeller
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Franz Doelle
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	31 July 1936 (1936-07-31)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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).[2]

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.[3]

Cast

References

Bibliography

• O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth (2004). Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Rochester, NY: Camden House. ISBN 978-1-57113-334-2.

External links

• Boccaccio at IMDb
• Review
• Boccaccio Film

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