Watch It  On DVD: TBD | On Blu-ray: TBD  Die Rose Von Stambul
That venerable Leo Fall operetta Die Rose von Stamboul was given
a serviceable screen treatment in 1953. The fetchingly
underdressed (Inge Egger) plays a pasha's niece, who agrees to a
"marriage of convenience" to a supposedly stuffy diplomat. Alas,
the girl has eyes only for a handsome composer (Albert Lieven).
Imagine what will happen when she discovers (as the audience
already has) that the diplomat and the composer are one in the
same. Though well-directed and acted, Die Rose von Stamboul is
saddled...more