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My Life for Maria Isabella (German: Mein Leben für Maria Isabell) is a 1935 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Viktor de Kowa, Maria Andergast and Peter Voß.[1] It is a military drama, the Maria Isabella of the title being the name of a regiment. Heavy cuts were imposed by the censors because of fears the film's mutiny scenes were too attractively portrayed.[2] Critics were not impressed by the casting of Viktor de Kowa, known for his light musical comedy roles, as the film's hero.[3]

My Life for Maria Isabella
Directed by	Erich Waschneck
Written by	Friedrich Dammann Ernst Hasselbach
Based on	The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Produced by	Frank Clifford
Starring	Viktor de Kowa Maria Andergast Peter Voß
Cinematography	Herbert Körner
Edited by	Willy Zeunert
Music by	Herbert Windt
Production company	Lloyd-Film
Distributed by	Rota-Film
Release date	7 February 1935
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. It was distributed by the Tobis subsidiary Rota-Film.

Synopsis

In Belgrade during the closing days of the First World War, the Austrian regiments are mostly composed of disgruntled minorities who mutiny rather than fight on. A young officer attempts to save the regimental colours from falling into enemy hands, and safely takes them back to Vienna where they are symbolically burnt.

Cast

• Viktor de Kowa as Fähnrich Menis
• Maria Andergast as Resa Lang
• Peter Voß as Rittmeister Graf Bottenlauben
• Franz Pfaudler as Diener Anton
• Hans-Joachim Büttner
• Hermann Frick
• Julia Serda
• Karin Evans
• Bernhard Minetti as Rittmeister von Hackenberg
• Ernst Karchow
• Harry Hardt as Oberstleutnant
• Ekkehard Arendt
• Hans Junkermann as Stadtkommandant von Belgrad
• Hans Zesch-Ballot as Major Sumerset
• Veit Harlan as Meuternder Korporal
• Anton Pointner
• Hugo Flink
• Albert von Kersten
• Gerhard Haselbach
• Albert Hugelmann
• Erich Fiedler as Lakai im Konak

See also

• The Standard (1977)

References

Bibliography

• Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
• Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.

External links

• My Life for Maria Isabella at IMDb

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