Oh... Rosalinda!!
Oh... Rosalinda!! (also known as Die Fledermaus ) is a 1955 British musical comedy film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars Michael Redgrave, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Ludmilla Tchérina and Anton Walbrook and features Anneliese Rothenberger and Dennis Price.
Plot
In 1955 Vienna, during its post-war occupation, the black-market dealer Dr. Falke moves freely through the French, British, American and Russian sectors, dealing in champagne and caviar amongst the highest echelons of the allied powers. After a costume party, French Colonel Gabriel Eisenstein plays a practical joke on a drunken Falke, depositing him, asleep and dressed as a bat, in the lap of a patriotic Russian statue, to be discovered the following morning by irate Russian soldiers. Falke is nearly arrested until his friend General Orlofsky of the USSR intervenes. A vengeful Falke plans an elaborate practical joke on his friend, involving Orlofsky, British Major Frank who is sent to escort the French colonel to jail for his misdemeanor, Eisenstein's beautiful wife Rosalinda, her maid Adele and a masked ball where no one is who they seem.
More details
| author | Emeric Pressburger Henri Meilhac Ludovic Halévy Michael Powell |
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| contentLocation | Austria |
| director | Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell |
| editor | Reginald Mills |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | allied-occupied austria arrest costume party court dress during its post-war occupation even follow hotel room masked ball mistaken identity morning nothing old flame practical joke russian soldier take advantage their way |
| musicBy | Johann Strauss II |
| producer | Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell |
| publisher | Associated British Picture Corporation |
| theme | musical comedy operetta |