Maskerade (1934), directed by Willi Forst, is a seminal Austrian "Wienerfilm" set in 1905 Vienna, blending romantic comedy, drama, and scandal. It follows a fashionable painter, Ferdinand Heideneck (Anton Walbrook), who creates a scandal by painting a masked woman wearing only a muff. To protect the identity of his married subject (Hilde von Stolz), he invents a name, Leopoldine Dur (Paula Wessely), who turns out to be a real, respectable woman.
Sophisticated romantic comedy locked away from American audiences because of an inferior MGM remake that flopped. Beautiful period piece cinematography, sophisticated dialogue, deft humor, souffle like comedy, fascinating characters, sweeping plot twist, a Cinderella story in reverse! This richly charming film is much better than a simple plot description.
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