Oh, Rosalinda!

The ever-adventuresome Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger are responsible for the British musical farce Oh, Rosalinda! Set in postwar Vienna, the film stars Michael Redgrave as Colonel Eisenstein, a military officer who because of a little legal misunderstanding must serve a few months in prison. ...more

Oh, Rosalinda! is certainly not one of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's great films, but it is an enjoyable little bauble. Aficionados of operettas (and of obscure musicals, period) will especially enjoy Rosalinda and will be more willing than general audiences to overlook its flaws. These include a silly farce of a story that has not well survived the transfer from its original operatic source, some stilted dialogue, pedestrian lyrics, generally uninspired choreography -- and the game ...more