A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by a Viennese woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege. This film was released as a German version and English Version known as "The City of Song". Brigitte Helm once portrays a beautiful femme fatale who displays her affection and lust for her tourist guide which is paralleled with the main bodied theme of the early romanticist songs played throughout.
Acting
Jan Kiepura's actual opera pipes — no dubbing, all lung power
Costume
Brigitte Helm's widow wardrobe serving lethal elegance
Cinematography
Naples locations that'll make you book a one-way ticket
Director
Carmine Gallone
Jan Kiepura
Giovanni Cavallone
Brigitte Helm
Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe
Walter Janssen
Professor Andreas Breuling
Trude Berliner
Carmela - neapolitanisches Mädchen
Georg Alexander
Rudi Feldegger
Hermann Blaß
Der Empfangschef
Teddy Bill
Heini Ladenburg / Claires Verehrer
Carl Goetz
Der Nachtportier
Martin Kosleck
Bobby Bertling - Claires Verehrer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a brief 1930s wave of multi-language productions where stars shot scenes in German, English, and French — Brigitte Helm reportedly found it exhausting.
Jan Kiepura was already a Metropolitan Opera star when he made this; his paycheck for three films reportedly exceeded what Paramount paid its entire roster of contract players.
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