The Stars Shine

The Stars Shine (1938)

Es leuchten die Sterne

German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.

Date of release
1938-03-17
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Music
Director
Hans H. Zerlett

Casting

Interesting facts

The Stars Shine is a 1938 German musical revue directed by Hans H. Zerlett and written by Zerlett and Hans Hannes.

Background

Es leuchten die Sterne was a remake of the 1930 Tobis film Die Große Sehnsucht (The Great Yearning), directed by Stefan Szekely, a Hungarian Jew. The remake was created as a Busby Berkeley-style musical set inside a movie studio, and featured appearances by numerous stage personalities, athletes, and Tobis Films stars.

The film was first released in Germany on 17 March 1938. This was followed by a release in the Netherlands on 29 April, and then in the United States on 20 May as The Stars Shine. It was released in various countries under different titles: in Belgium as Als de sterren schitteren (Flemish) and as Quand les étoiles brillent (French); in Italy as Brillano le stelle; in Denmark as Funklende stjerner; in Greece as Lampoun t' asteria; in France as Les…

Excerpts from the film were shown on German television in 1938, with La Jana present in the studio.

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