The Beggar Student is a 1956 () West German musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Waltraut Haas and Elma Karlowa. It is based on the operetta Der Bettelstudent by Karl Millöcker, and is part of the operetta film tradition. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios and the Carlton Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Felix Smetana.

Synopsis

After a Polish aristocrat refuses to marry a Colonel, he manoeuvres to force her to marry a penniless student in revenge.

The Beggar Student (1956 film)

Cast

Gerhard Riedmann as Symon Rymanowicz

Waltraut Haas as Komtesse Laura

Elma Karlowa as Komtesse Bronislawa

Gunther Philipp as Jan Janicki

Gustav Knuth as Oberst Ollendorf

Fita Benkhoff as Gräfin Palmatica

Rudolf Vogel as Enterich

Alice Kessler as Mira

Ellen Kessler as Katja

Dick Price as Graf Kaminsky

Karl Lieffen as Major Wangenheim

Joost Siedhoff as Leutnant Schweinitz

Willem Holsboer

Ulla Torp

Johannes Buzalski

Michael Friederichsen

Adalbert Fuhlrott

Peter Mühlen

References

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1956 films

German historical musical films

West German films

1950s German-language films

Films directed by Werner Jacobs

Films set in Poland

Films set in the 1700s

Remakes of German films

Operetta films

Films based on operettas

1950s historical musical films

Constantin Film films

1950s German films

Films shot at Bavaria Studios

The Beggar Student (1956 film)