Invitation to the Dance

Overview

Biopic of composer conductor Carl Maria von Weber, who championed the little regarded German opera instead of the then popular Italian opera, in the 19th Century.

Directed by Rudolf van der Noss

Top cast

W

Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender

Carl Maria von Weber

E

Eliza Illiard

Madame Teresa Brunetti

M

Margot Köchlin

Caroline Brandt

Anton Pointner

Baron Durian

E

Ernst Rotmund

Liebich, Theaterdirektor in Prag

Eugen Rex

Diener

E

Else Bötticher

Frau Böttcher

Karl Platen

Schneider-Kakadu

P

Petra Unkel

E

Erwin van Roy

Torlachi

K

Karl Günther

Graf Vitzthum

A

Albert Hugelmann

Bassist Gelhaar

Hans Sternberg

Wirt

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Nora Hofmann

Wirtin

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