The Singing City

1930 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 56 VOTES · DIR. Carmine Gallone

Overview

A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by a Viennese woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege. This film was released as a German version and English Version known as "The City of Song". Brigitte Helm once portrays a beautiful femme fatale who displays her affection and lust for her tourist guide which is paralleled with the main bodied theme of the early romanticist songs played throughout.

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Dialogue Timeline — 677 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:04 City of Song
00:05:18 It's "myself". "Myself"!
00:07:54 I want to sort out that boy. He cheated on me!
00:09:30 One day, a carabiniere will get you.
00:11:22 Well...
00:16:24 I'd like to get to know the vicinity of Naples.
00:24:28 No, Giovanni.
00:27:32 For three days now, the lady has been staying...
00:29:16 Giovanni!
00:32:02 the wife of the English consul from Paris lived next door.
00:34:05 I'm ready! - Then let's go.
00:44:09 Just because you have imported a canary bird from Italy
00:46:24 Then let's ignore it.
00:52:05 About Cavallone.
00:55:50 You know, at this moment:
00:59:39 That's all right.
01:01:16 Well yes, pardon me.
01:04:57 We are in Vienna now
01:07:28 There's the cleaning woman and the piano tuner
01:09:54 Well, just sing.
01:14:27 Where? - At the 'Jockey'.
01:18:26 Another lie!
01:23:09 You are a lovely, sweet little girl.
01:28:54 Ah, how everything gets out of fashion."

Cast & Characters

Jan Kiepura Giovanni Cavallone - Fremdenführer Brigitte Helm Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe Walter Janssen Professor Andreas Breuling Trude Berliner Carmela - neapolitanisches Mädchen Georg Alexander Rudi Feldegger Franz Maldacea Tupf - Carmelas Bruder Käte Bill Susanne - Claires Zofe Georg Berg Herr Maier aus Berlin Hermann Blaß Der Empfangschef Teddy Bill Heini Ladenburg Teddy Bill Claires Verehrer

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed677
Dialogue density6.9 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:28:54

Production Record

DirectorCarmine Gallone
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes56