The Bird Seller
The film is an adaptation of the 1891 operetta Der Vogelhändler by composer Carl Zeller, with libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held, though it incorporates few of the original songs, using them mostly instrumentally or in the background. The plot follows Adam, a Tyrolean bird seller in 18th-century Rhineland, who hopes to marry his beloved Christl, a postmaster's daughter; to secure his future, she arranges for him to perform at court, but complications arise when she is mistakenly suspected of an affair with a philandering prince.
Cast
Maria Andergast
as Christl von der Post
Wolf Albach-Retty
as Adam der Vogelhändler
Lil Dagover
as Die Kurfürstin
Hans Zesch-Ballot
as Der Kurfürst
Georg Alexander
as Graf Stanislaus
Genia Nikolaieva
as Adelheid
Max Gülstorff
as Hofjägermeitster
Gaston Briese
as
Egon Brosig
as
Gustl Gstettenbaur
as
