The Bird Seller (1962 film)

The Bird Seller
The Bird Seller
	File:The Bird Seller (1962 film).jpg The Kessler Sisters perform in a scene from the film
German	Der Vogelhändler
Directed by	Géza von Cziffra
Written by	Géza von Cziffra; Ludwig Held [de] (libretto); Moritz West [de] (libretto)
Produced by	Kurt Hartmann; Eberhard Meichsner
Starring	Cornelia Froboess; Peter Weck; Albert Rueprecht
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Werner Preuss
Music by	Hagen Galatis; Carl Zeller (operetta)
Production; company	Divina Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	3 August 1962;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Bird Seller (German: Der Vogelhändler) is a 1962 West German historical musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Cornelia Froboess, Peter Weck and Albert Rueprecht.^[1]

It is an operetta film, based on the stage work of the same title by Carl Zeller. Several other film adaptations have also been made.

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and at Linderhof Palace in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer.

Cast

^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 137. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

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