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For the First Time is a american film of genre Drama directed by Rudolph Maté released in USA on 26 august 1959 with Johanna von Koczian

For the First Time (1959)

For the First Time
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Released in USA 26 august 1959
Length 1h32
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Musical,    Romance
Rating63% 3.1934553.1934553.1934553.1934553.193455

For the First Time is tenor star Mario Lanza's final film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1959.

Filmed on location in 1958 in Capri, Salzburg, Berlin and at the Rome Opera House, the film told the sentimental story of an operatic tenor (Tony Costa) who finds love for the first time with a young German woman (played by Johanna von Koczian), who happens to be deaf.

The film was directed by Rudolph Mate, and featured Kurt Kasznar and Zsa Zsa Gabor in supporting roles. Critics singled out Lanza's singing of "Vesti la Giubba" from Pagliacci and the Death Scene from Otello for special praise, with Howard Thompson of The New York Times calling it the tenor's "most disarming vehicle in years."

Actors

Johanna von Koczian

(Christa)Zsa Zsa Gabor

(Gloria de Vadnuz)Kurt Kasznar

(Ladislas Tabory)Hans Söhnker
Annie Rosar

(Mathilde)
And :
Walter Rilla
Renzo Cesana
Peter Capell
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