The Beggar Student (German: Der Bettelstudent) 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.
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Synopsis
After a Polish aristocrat refuses to marry a Colonel, he manoeuvres to force her to marry a penniless student in revenge.
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