Operette

Operetta German Operette is a 1940 musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Forst Maria Holst and Dora Komar The film was made by WienFilm a Viennabased company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss It is the first film in director Willi Forsts Viennese Trilogy followed by Vienna Blood 1942 and Viennese Girls 1945 The film portrays the life of Franz Jauner 18321900 a leading musical figure in the city It is both an operetta film and a Wiener Film