Rigoletto (1918 film)

Rigoletto
Directed by	Jacob Fleck Luise Fleck
Written by	Victor Hugo (play)
Produced by	Anton Kolm
Starring	Wilhelm Klitsch Hermann Benke Liane Haid
Production company	Wiener Kunstfilm
Release date	1 February 1918
Country	Austro-Hungarian Empire
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Rigoletto or The King Amuses Himself (German: Der König amüsiert sich) is a 1918 Austrian silent historical film directed by Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck and starring Wilhelm Klitsch, Hermann Benke and Liane Haid. It is based on the 1832 play by the French writer Victor Hugo. To recreate the look of Paris in the early sixteenth century, location shooting took place at the neo-gothic Vienna City Hall.

Cast

• Wilhelm Klitsch as Junger König
• Hermann Benke as Rigoletto
• Liane Haid as Blanche, Rigolettos Tochter
• Karl Ehmann as marquis Saint Vallier
• Eduard Sekler as Saltabadil, der Fischer
• Eugenie Bernay as Saint Valliers Tochter
• Anka Sandro as Saltabadils Schwester

Bibliography

• Robert Von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• Rigoletto at IMDb