Fritz Löhner-Beda

Fritz Löhner-Beda

1883-06-24
59 (1942-12-04)
Wildenschwert, Bohemia [now Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic]

Writer, songwriter and librettist.

Wildenschwert, Bohemia [now Ústí nad Orlicí, Czech Republic]

Writer, songwriter and librettist.

Most Known for...

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The Land of Smiles 1930 (6)

A western woman falls in love with a chinese prince. When she accompanies him to his homeland, strange things await her. Based on the operetta of the same name with music by Franz Lehár and libretto by Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda.
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Victoria and Her Hussar 1931 (5)

Viktoria is a Hungarian countess who believes her Hussar captain husband was killed in World War I. She marries an American and resettles at the American consulate in Tokyo. Her first husband reappears, alive; and the American generously releases Viktoria from their union.
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Ball at the Savoy 1935 (7)

Operetta star Gitta Alpar plays a singer engaged for a performance at the Savoy Hotel, where she mistakes Baron von Wollheim for a waiter. But the baron is content to play the game for a while and changes his role with the real waiter. Of course the singer is quite happy when she discovers the real identity of the baron, but now she mistakes him for a thief, as her necklet has gone missing. Further complications arise when the baron's cousin Mary, a composer, arrives at the hotel and wants a music publisher to listen to her songs.