Silva (film)
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Directed by | Aleksandr Ivanovsky |
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Music by | Emmerich Kalman (operetta) |
Production company | Sverdlovsk Film Studios |
Release date | 1944 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Silva (Russian: Сильва) is a 1944 Soviet musical film directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky and starring and Sergei Martinson. It was part of a cycle of operetta films made in European cinema during the era.
Cast[]
- as Silva Varescu (as Z. Smirnova-Nemirovich)
- as Edvin (as N. Dautov)
- as Stassi (as M. Sakalis)
- Sergey Martinson as Boni (as S. Martinson)
- as Assistant director (as A. Matkovskiy)
Production[]
The film is an adaptation of the 1915 operetta Die Csárdásfürstin (also known as Silva after its title character) composed by Emmerich Kalman with a libretto by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach. The first staging of the operetta took place in Russia in 1916 in St. Petersburg during the war with Germany, but patriotism required to change the title of operetta from Queen of Czardas to the neutral Silva in Russia. The Soviet movie Silva was made at the Sverdlovsk Film Studios in Yekaterinburg.[1][2]
Popularity[]
The film proved a major success with Soviet audiences, who during the later stages of the Second World War sought escapist entertainment and largely rejected films with war themes. The money it earned per copy of the film issued exceeded even that of the most popular films of the year .[3]
References[]
- ^ Egorova p.89
- ^ To see comments for the "оперетта Имре Кальман - Сильва (Королева чардаша, Княгиня чардаша)".
- ^ Spring & Taylor p.50
Bibliography[]
- Egorova, Tatiana K. Soviet Film Music: An Historical Survey. Psychology Press, 1997.
- Spring, Derek & Taylor, Richard. Stalinism and Soviet Cinema. Routledge, 2013.
External links[]
- Russian-language films
- 1944 films
- Soviet films
- Soviet black-and-white films
- 1944 musical films
- Operetta films
- Films based on operettas
- Films directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky
- Films set in Vienna
- Films set in Hungary
- Films set in the 1910s
- Soviet musical films
- 1940s Soviet film stubs
- Musical film stubs