Films
Der Graf von Luxemburg was filmed in 1957 (directed by Werner Jacobs, with Gerhard Riedmann and Renate Holm) and in again 1972 (directed by Wolfgang Glück, with Eberhard Wächter, Lilian Sukis and Erich Kunz). There were also two silent films based on the operetta, the 1911 Brazilian film, O Conde de Luxemburgo (directed by Alberto Botelho and produced by William Auler) and the 1918 Hungarian film, Luxemburg grófja (directed by Antal Forgács and produced by the Gloria film company).
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