Ave Maria (1936 film)

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Ave Maria
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Directed byJohannes Riemann
Screenplay by
Story byGeorg C. Klaren
Produced by
  • Alberto Giacalone
  • Martin Pichert
Starring
CinematographyBruno Mondi
Edited byRoger von Norman
Music byAlois Melichar
Production
company
Itala-Film
Distributed byNeue Deutsch Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release dates
  • 21 August 1936 (1936-08-21) (Germany)
  • 1 October 1936 (1936-10-01) (United States)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Ave Maria is a 1936 German musical drama film. It stars Italian opera tenor Beniamino Gigli and German actress Käthe von Nagy.

Plot[]

Tino Dossi (Beniamino Gigli), a wealthy, famous, and older opera singer, is grieving over the terrible loss of his wife, a devoted French woman. Each year, he travels to Paris to visit her grave, but one year he is forced to go a concert his manager has arranged. While enjoying the concert, his manager visits a seedy night club and, while drunk, tells a cabaret entertainer, and her lover, that the singer is very unhappy and also wealthy.[1]

The scheming night club girl called, Chansonnière Claudette (Käthe von Nagy), meets and accompanies the singer to Naples, pretending to be upset about his wife's demise. The singer and the girl are later engaged, but he discovers her lies and she, now genuinely in love with him, drives away in a car, but is badly injured in a resulting serious car crash. The singer, now aware of her repentance and true affectation for him, takes her for his bride.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ave Maria (1936 film)". Virtual History. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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