Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame
Also known as Il bacillo dell’amore in Italy; I Kiss Your Hand, Madame in the USA; El beso del amor in Venezuela
(1929) Germany
B&W : [?] Seven? reels / 2012 metres / 66 minutes
Directed by Robert Land
Cast: Harry Liedtke [Jacques / Count Lerski], Marlene Dietrich [Laurence Gerard], Pierre de Guingand [Adolphe Gerard], Charles Puffy [Percy Talandier], Hans Heinrich von Twardowski [a waiter], voice of Richard Tauber [Jacques’ singing voice]
Super-Film Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production; distributed by Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat. / Produced by Julius Haimann and Robert Land. Scenario by Rolf E. Vanloo. Production management by Frederic Brunn. Art direction by Robert Neppach. Cinematography by Carl Drews and Gotthardt Wolf. Assistant cameraman, Fred Zinnemann. Music score by Pasquale Perris. Organ musician, Frank Chidester. / Released 17 January 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Finland on 14 September 1929. The film was released in the USA by Stanley Distributing Corporation on 27 August 1932. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Listing updated: 28 September 2013.
References: Website-GEM; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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