The Star of Rio (1940 film)

The Star of Rio
Directed by	Karl Anton
Produced by	Heinrich Jonen
Written by	Felix von Eckardt Hans Fritz Köllner
Starring	La Jana Gustav Diessl Harald Paulsen
Music by	Willy Engel-Berger
Cinematography	Erich Grohmann Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Production company	Tobis Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film
Release dates	20 March 1940
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Star of Rio (German:Stern von Rio) is a 1940 German comedy thriller film directed by Karl Anton and starring La Jana, Gustav Diessl and Harald Paulsen. In 1955 it was remade as a film of the same title.

Cast

• La Jana as Concha
• Gustav Diessl as Don Felipe Escobar
• Harald Paulsen as Jacobo
• Werner Scharf as Vincente
• Fritz Kampers as Pieter Jonken
• Max Gülstorff as Adrian
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Monsieur Louis Borinage
• Olaf Bach as Kempsey, der brasilianische Polizeichef
• Gerhard Dammann as Ein alter Seemann in Amsterdam
• Karl Dannemann as Ein holländischer Beamter der Hafenpolizei
• Ernst Dernburg as Brasilianischer Konsul
• Mia Elmenhorst
• Max Harry Ernst as Zuschauer bei Conchas Revue
• Karl Fochler
• Charles Francois as Gast bei Senor Felipes Gartenfest
• Karl Günther as Sörensen, Konzertagent
• Harry Hardt as Ribera, der Sekretär von Senor Felipe
• Kurt Iller
• Alfred Karen
• Charlie Kracker
• Ida Krill
• Henry Lorenzen
• Alfred Maack
• Heinz Müller
• Paul Otto as Ter Neer
• Grete Reinwald as Leiterin der Diamantenschau
• Else Reval as Aufwartefrau
• Ernst Rotmund
• Tine Schneider
• Wilfried Seyferth as Journalist, der Assistent von Herrn Hadrian
• Alfred Stratmann
• Eleonore Tappert
• Elisabeth von Ruets as Alte reiche Kundin der Schau
• Eugen Wolff

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• The Star of Rio at IMDb