The secret countess

Movie
Original title	The secret countess
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1942
length	96 minutes
Rod
Director	Géza from Bolváry
script	Géza from Cziffra
production	Vienna film
music	Anton Profes
camera	Willy Winterstein
occupation
Marte Harell : Martina Lehnhoff Wolf Albach-Retty : Michael Hohenwardt Elfriede Datzig : Countess Dorival Paul Hörbiger : Archduke Johann Sylvester Oskar Sima : Your Excellency Kubasta Richard Romanowsky : Chief Steward Theodor Danegger : housemate Rosa Albach-Retty : Princess Neupergk Ferdinand Mayerhofer : Uncle Nando Karl Skraup : Prof. Wladicka Karl Fochler : Viscount de la Croix Erik Frey : Graf Track Fritz Imhoff : Wondruschek Rudolf Carl : Pauswangel Hans Unterkircher : Baron Schitznagel Teddy Bill : Baron Leopold Schitznagel

The Secret Countess is a German fictional film by director Géza von Bolváry from 1942 in black and white. The script was written by Géza von Cziffra . He used the novel of the same name by Hugo Maria Kritz as a template . The film premiered on August 27, 1942.

content

Vienna at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The young orphaned Countess Antschi Dorival, who lives on her uncle's estate in Bohemia, goes on a trip to Vienna with her companion. On the train she presents her with a fait accompli: the countess - contrary to her uncle's wishes - wants to become an actress and will appear in a theater in Brno. Your partner is supposed to pretend to be Countess Dorival in Vienna. And so the two spin a fine web of conspiracy, which is not fine enough to save Martina Lehnhoff in Vienna from the most unpleasant surprises, embarrassments and dangers. Because just there once was a noble lady by the name of Sonja Lubomirska, who looks very much like her. The Lubomirska was not only the mistress of the married Archduke, but also a thief who took a valuable necklace with her under his roof. So doom takes its course. Only when the landlord Hohenwardt, who fell in love with Martina, intervened, everything turned for the better: the necklace was bought again, Martina found a man for life, and the scheming Excellency Kubasta, police minister with the ardent wish to become governor in Bohemia instead of the Archduke, became his Removed from office.

criticism

The lexicon of international films drew the following conclusion: "Amusing irrelevance with Viennese flair and charming actors."

The Protestant film observer judges: “An operetta-like [...] comedy about mistaking a companion for a countess [...]. It dates from the time (1942) when entertainment films still had exemplary craftsmanship. A lively story for adults. "

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• The Secret Countess in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The secret countess at filmportal.de
• A few pictures from the film at Cinema.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 208/1966, p. 401
2. ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 3484