The Rose of Stamboul (1953 film)

The Rose of Stamboul (Die Rose von Stambul) is a 1953 West German musical film directed by Karl Anton and starring Inge Egger, Albert Lieven and Grethe Weiser. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location in Istanbul. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It is based on Leo Fall's 1916 operetta of the same name.

Synopsis
A senior Ottoman official wishes his niece Kondja to return from Vienna to Constantinople and marry a promising young diplomat. She is very reluctant as she has fallen in love with a composer, who is in fact the same man.

Cast

 * Inge Egger as Kondja Gül
 * Albert Lieven as Achmed Bey
 * Grethe Weiser as Madame Desirée
 * Hans Richter as Fridolin Müller
 * Oskar Sima as Eduard Effendi
 * Ingeborg Körner as Midilli Hanum
 * Gunther Philipp as Marcel Lery
 * Ethel Reschke as Madame Lery
 * Otto Matthies as Fridolin Müller
 * Kurt Vespermann as civil registrant
 * Franz-Otto Krüger as head waiter
 * Paul Hörbiger as Mehemed Pascha
 * Laya Raki as dancer
 * Ursula Ackermann as female singer
 * Rasma Ducat as female singer
 * Herbert Ernst Groh as male singer
 * Kurt Reimann as male singer
 * Gisela Deege as dancer
 * Gert Reinholm as dancer
 * Werner Stock
 * Victor Janson