Zar und Zimmermann (1956)
1h 41m
Running Time
May 17, 1956Release Date
Zar und Zimmermann (1956)
1h 41m
Running Time
May 17, 1956Release Date
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Plot.
In the Dutch town of Saardam, Tsar Peter the Great has disguised himself in order to learn the art of ship-building. Another Russian named Peter also works at the wharf, causing a comical case of mistaken identities. Emissaries sent from France and England have difficulty locating the man they are looking for, and the lovely Marie is courted by both Peters. An adaptation of Albert Lortzing's eponymous comic opera (1837).
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Cast & Crew.
Willy A. Kleinau
Van Bett, Bürgermeister von Saardam
Bert Fortell
Peter Michailow
Lore Frisch
Marie
Günther Haack
Peter Iwanow
Walther Suessenguth
Admiral Lefort
Erich Arnold
Marquis Chateauneuf
Kurt Mühlhardt
Lord Syndham
Paula Braend
Witwe Brouwe
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Wiki.
The Czar and the Carpenter (German title:Zar und Zimmermann) is a 1956 East German musical comedy film directed by Hans Müller and starring Willy A. Kleinau, Bert Fortell and Lore Frisch. It is an adaptation of the opera Zar und Zimmermann by Albert Lortzing. It is set around the Russian Tsar Peter the Great's secret visit to the Dutch Republic to study shipbuilding in the seventeenth century.