The Little Czar (1954)
1h 34m
Running Time
August 11, 1954Release Date
Plot.
Sonja, a little ballerina at the Grand Theater, is secretly in love with the handsome tenor Luis Mariano. One night, she hurts her feet while dancing and under the influence of a sedative falls asleep and starts dreaming. She is Sonja Ilyanova now, a young gypsy dancer who dreams of performing before Alexei, the son of the Czar.
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Cast & Crew.
Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano / Aljoscha
Sonja Ziemann
Sonja / Sonja Ilyanova
Iván Petrovich
Großherzog Feodor
Hans Richter
Boris
Paul Henckels
Pawlitsch
Ernst Waldow
Pjotroff
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Director
Irina Garden
Prinzessin Olga von Meinigen-Deinigen
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Writer
Hanne-Lore Morell
Katja / Katja
Béla Jenbach
Writer
Maria Sebaldt
Mascha
Georges Neveux
Writer
Hans Rameau
Writer
Heinz Reichert
Writer
Gerd Frickhöffer
Wassili
Details.
Wiki.
The Little Czar (German: Der Zarewitsch) is a 1954 French-German historical drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Luis Mariano, Sonja Ziemann and Iván Petrovich. It is based on the operetta Der Zarewitsch by Franz Lehár. It was shot in Eastmancolor.
The film was shot at Berlin's Spandau Studios and on location in Belgrade and Dubrovnik, then in Yugoslavia. The sets were designed by the art director Fritz Moegle.