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{{Short description|1940 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Star of Rio
|image = The Star of Rio (1940 film).jpg
|caption = German film poster
|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Stern von Rio}}
|director = [[Karl Anton]]
|producer = [[Heinrich Jonen]]
|writer = Felix von Eckardt<br>[[Hans Fritz Köllner]]
|starring = {{ubl|[[La Jana (actress)|La Jana]]|[[Gustav Diessl]]|[[Harald Paulsen]]}}
|music = Willy Engel-Berger
|cinematography = Erich Grohmann<br>[[Bruno Mondi]]
|editing = [[Martha Dübber]]
|studio = [[Tobis Film]]
|distributor = Tobis Film
|released = {{film date|1940|3|20|df=y}}
|runtime = 95 minutes
|country = Germany
|language = German
}}
'''''The Star of Rio''''' ({{langx|de|'''Stern von Rio'''}}) is a 1940 German [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Karl Anton]] and starring [[La Jana (actress)|La Jana]], [[Gustav Diessl]] and [[Harald Paulsen]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bergfelder|first=Tim|title=International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s|publisher=[[Berghahn Books]]|page=125|year=2005|orig-year=2004|location=New York, NY|isbn=1571815384|jstor=j.ctt1btbx6m}}</ref> In 1955 it was remade as [[The Star of Rio (1955 film)|a film of the same title]].
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[La Jana (actress)|La Jana]] as Concha
*[[Gustav Diessl]] as Don Felipe Escobar
*[[Harald Paulsen]] as Jacobo
*[[Werner Scharf]] as Vincente
*[[Fritz Kampers]] as Pieter Jonken
*[[Max Gülstorff]] as Adrian
*[[Hubert von Meyerinck]] as Monsieur Louis Borinage
*[[Olaf Bach]] as Kempsey, the Brazilian police chief
*[[Gerhard Dammann]] as an old sailor in [[Amsterdam]]
*[[Karl Dannemann]] as a Dutch port police officer
*[[Ernst Dernburg]] as Brazilian consul
*Mia Elmenhorst
*Max Harry Ernst as spectator at Conchas Revue
*[[Karl Fochler]]
*[[Charles François (actor)|Charles Francois]] as guest at Senor Felipe's garden party
*[[Karl Günther]] as Sörensen, concert agent
*[[Harry Hardt]] as Ribera, the secretary of Senor Felipe
*Kurt Iller
*Alfred Karen
*Charlie Kracker
*Ida Krill
*[[Henry Lorenzen]]
*[[Alfred Maack]]
*[[Heinz Müller (actor)|Heinz Müller]]
*[[Paul Otto]] as Ter Neer
*[[Grete Reinwald]] as Leiterin the diamond shower
*[[Else Reval]] as cleaning woman
*[[Ernst Rotmund]]
*Tine Schneider
*[[Wilfried Seyferth]] as journalist, the assistant of Herrn Hadrian
*Alfred Stratmann
*Eleonore Tappert
*Elisabeth von Ruets as old rich customer of the show
*Eugen Wolff
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0033102}}
{{Karl Anton}}
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