Die Kinokönigin

Die Kinokönigin is a 1913 Austrian operetta by Leo Fall set against the early film industry. Its subject is the social impact and growing public fascination of cinema.

Instead of using a purely historical or romantic setting, it places its story in the modern world of film production and movie culture. That makes the work an early example of popular theater reflecting cinema's influence on society.

Leo Fall composed the operetta. Fall was an Austrian composer whose stage works included operettas such as Die Dollarprinzessin and Madame Pompadour.

The title translates roughly as The Cinema Queen or The Movie Queen. It signals the operetta's focus on the emerging film business and the celebrity power associated with it.