Mister Iks
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| Directed by | Yuliy Khmelnitsky |
| Written by | Yuli Khmelnitsky Nora Rubinstein |
| Starring | Georg Ots |
| Cinematography | Yuliy Khmelnitsky |
| Music by | Emmerich Kálmán |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Mister X (Russian: Мистер Икс) is a musical comedy film directed by Yuliy Khmelnitsky and based on the Russian version of Emmerich Kálmán's 1926 operetta Die Zirkusprinzessin.[1]
The scenario of the Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy operetta Mister X, dated 1956, was used as the basis for this film, which began filming in 1957.[2] Most of the actors and some artists in the film were members of the aforementioned theatre.
Mister X premiered in the Soviet Union and in other countries on May 2, 1958.[3][4]
Cast
- Georg Ots as Mister X
- Marina Yurasova as Theodora Verdier (vocals by Tamara Bogdanova[5])
- Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as Karolina
- Grigoriy Yarhon as Pelican
- Zoya Vinogradova as Marie Latouche
- Nikolay Kashirskiy as Toni
- Anatoly Korolkevich as Baron de Kreveliyak
- Oskar Lints (or Lintz) as Poisson
- David Volosov as director of the circus
Uncredited
- Yefim Kopelyan as a Theodora's fan
- Georgiy Kuhlbush as a Theodora's fan
- Gennadiy Khudyakov as boy-servant
Crew
- Script writers: Nora Rubinstein, Yuliy Khmelnitsky
- Poetry by Olga Fadyeiva (Kálmán's music was used, but all Russian text for songs was changed by Olga Fadyeiva).
- Directed by Yuliy Khmelnitsky
- Operator: Vladimir Burykin
- Designers: Abram Veksler, Yevgeniy Yeney
- Stage manager: Viktor Sadovskiy
- Soundman: Rostislav Lapinskiy
- Costume designer: Tamara Levitskaya
- Film editor: N. Razumova
- Circus consultant: Georgiy Venetsianov
- Editors: Isaac Glikman, Andrey Donatov
- Trick filming:
- Operator: B. Dudov
- Designers: Mariya Kandat, Marina Bologovskaya
- Orchestra of the Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy
- Conductor: Mikhail Volovats
- Choreographer: Leonid Travinin
- Film directors: Pyotr Nikashin, A. Dombrovskiy
Synopsis
The plot revolves around a romantic intrigue with interpolated circus sequences. The mysterious "Mister X", a dashing circus performer, is hired by a disappointed suitor of Teodora Verdier to pose as a nobleman and marry her. "Mister X" is in fact a nobleman, the disinherited nephew of a deceased prince. The music was from Kálmán operetta, but the script and the names of the characters were radically changed. The events in the film were transferred to France and the characters are French, whereas in the operetta events occurred in tsarist Russia and the main characters were Russian.[6]
| Roles in Kálmán's operetta | Similar roles in this film |
|---|---|
| Fedja Palinski, Mister X | Mister X |
| Princess Fedora Palinska | Theodora Verdier |
| Miss Mabel Gibson | Marie Latouche |
| Toni Schlumberger | Toni |
| Prinz Sergius Wladimir; Count Sakusin; Lieutenant Petrovitsch | Baron de Kreveliyak; Poisson; Theodora's fans |
| Director Stanislawski | Director |
| Carla Schlumberger, hotel manager | Karolina, hotel owner |
| Samuel Pressburger | Pelican, hotel manager |
| Society, officers, circus people – chorus | Boy-servant; circus people |
References
- ^ Государственный регистр фильмов (Mr. X, State Register of Films), Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
- ^ Актриса Зоя Виноградова: биография, творчество – Творческие достижения в театральной жизни. (Actress Zoya Vinogradova: biography), fb.ru
- ^ КИНО@mail.ru – Мистер Икс.
- ^ КиноПоиск – Премьеры / Мистер Икс.
- ^ http://old.spbvedomosti.ru/article.htm?id=10284742@SV_Articles
- ^ livejournal – Кинопортошители – "Принцесса цирка" и две ее советские экранизации. (Die Zirkusprinzessin and her two Soviet film adaptations) by Yadocent, 28 August 2016
External links
- Mister Iks at IMDb
