Princess Turandot (German: Prinzessin Turandot) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Käthe von Nagy and Willy Fritsch. A separate French-language version, Turandot, Princess of China, was also released.
The script is by Thea von Harbou. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The music was by Franz Doelle with song lyrics by Bruno Balz and C. Amberg (including the opening Turandot, bezaubernde Turandot - 'enchanting Turandot'), and the sound engineer was Dr. Fritz Seidel.
Cast
Willi Schaeffers as The Emperor
Leopoldine Konstantin as The Empress
Käthe von Nagy as Princess Turandot
Inge List as Mian Li
Willy Fritsch as Kalaf, the bird-dealer
Paul Kemp as Willibald
Aribert Wäscher as the judge
Paul Heidemann as Prince of Samarkand
Gerhard Dammann as executioner
Ernst Behmer as the fruit dealer
Edlef Schauer as the barber's clerk
Angelo Ferrari
Rudolf Biebrach
Gaston Briese
Alexander Engel
Willi Grill
Karl Hannemann
Karl Hellmer
Eduard Kandl
Werner Kepich
Bertold Reissig
Hans Sternberg