THE BEGGAR STUDENT (1956 FILM)

The Beggar Student
The Beggar Student
Directed by	Werner Jacobs
Written by	F. Zell (libretto); Richard Genée (operetta); Fritz Böttger; Robert Gilbert (lyrics);
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst; Klaus Stapenhorst;
Starring	Gerhard Riedmann; Waltraut Haas; Elma Karlowa;
Cinematography	Ernst W. Kalinke; Heinz Schnackertz;
Edited by	Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Music by	Karl Millöcker (operetta); Bruno Uher;
Production; company	Carlton Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	28 December 1956;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Beggar Student is a 1956 ( German: Der Bettelstudent) West German musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Gerhard Riedmann, Waltraut Haas and Elma Karlowa.^[1] 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.

Synopsis

After a Polish aristocrat refuses to marry a Colonel, he manoeuvres to force her to marry a penniless student in revenge.

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