The Mikado (film)

Movie
German title	The Mikado
Original title	The Mikado
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	1939
length	90 minutes
Rod
Director	Victor Schertzinger
script	WS Gilbert
production	Geoffrey Toye
music	Arthur Sullivan
camera	William V. Skall
cut	Philip Charlot Gene Milford
occupation
Kenny Baker : Nanki-Poo, son of Mikado Martyn Green : Ko-Ko, the head hangman Sidney Granville : Pooh-Bah John Barclay : The Mikado, Emperor of Japan Jean Colin : Yum-Yum Gregory Stroud : Pish-Tush, a great one of the court Elizabeth Paynter : Pitti-Sing Kathleen Naylor : Peep-Bo Constance Willis : Katisha, a lady-in-waiting

The Mikado is a film adaptation of the operetta from 1939 by director Victor Schertzinger . The film is based on the operetta of the same name by Gilbert and Sullivan . The main roles were played by Kenny Baker and Martyn Green .

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background

The Mikado was shot in Technicolor and it was the first time that a Savoy opera , so comic operas, respectively. Called operettas, which were developed in Victorian England in the late 19th century by Gilbert and Sullivan, was fully filmed.

Awards

Academy Awards 1940

• Nomination: Best Camera (Color)

Web links

• The Mikado in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Technicolor Mikado Film (1939) Gilbert & Sullivan Discography, January 29, 2014