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The Postman from Longjumeau is a 1936 Austrian-Swiss musical comedy film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Carl Esmond, Rose Stradner and Alfred Neugebauer. The film is known by several alternative titles including Der König lächelt – Paris lacht. It is loosely based on the 1836 opera Le postillon de Lonjumeau by Adolphe Adam. In eighteenth-century France, a Postilion from Longjumeau is summoned by Madame de Pompadour to sing in her opera company, forcing him to be separated from his wife.
Original Release
01/14/1936
US Release
11/23/1937
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Carl Esmond | Chapelou, der Postillon von Lonjumeau |
| Rose Stradner | Madeleine - seine Frau Gastwirtin |
| Alfred Neugebauer | König Ludwig XV |
| Thekla Ahrens | Marquise de Pompadour |
| Leo Slezak | Graf de Latour |
| Lucie Englisch | Lucienne - Wirtschafterin |
| Rudolf Carl | Bijou - Wagenhaler |
| Hans Thimig | Pierre Touche - Dorfbarbier |
| Richard Eybner | Marquis de Corcy |
| Fritz Imhoff | Bürgermeister |
Directors
Writers
Julia Serda, Karl Peter Gillmann, Charles Amberg, Adolphe de Leuven, Léon-Lévy Brunswick
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Carl Esmond | Chapelou, der Postillon von Lonjumeau |
| Rose Stradner | Madeleine - seine Frau Gastwirtin |
| Alfred Neugebauer | König Ludwig XV |
| Thekla Ahrens | Marquise de Pompadour |
| Leo Slezak | Graf de Latour |
| Lucie Englisch | Lucienne - Wirtschafterin |
| Rudolf Carl | Bijou - Wagenhaler |
| Hans Thimig | Pierre Touche - Dorfbarbier |
| Richard Eybner | Marquis de Corcy |
| Fritz Imhoff | Bürgermeister |
| Joe Furtner | Faviere - Corcys Sekretär |
| Tibor Halmay | Balletmeister |
| Carl Hauser | Wachtmeister |
| Irmgard Alberti | Alte Frau mit dem Liebestrank |
| Hans Heinz Bollmann | Singer |
| Erwin Dressler | |
| Joseph Egger | |
| Rudi Fränzl | Tänzer |
| Otto Glaser | |
| Mizi Griebl | (as Mizzi Griebl) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Moritz Grünstein | Producer |
| Ernst Schmid-Ahrens | Producer |
