Hungarian Rhapsody (1928 film)
1928 film
- 5 November 1928 (1928-11-05)
Running time
German Intertitles
Sound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles
Hungarian Rhapsody (German: Ungarische Rhapsodie) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Lil Dagover, Willy Fritsch and Dita Parlo.[1] It depicts the life of an impoverished Hungarian aristocrat.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Southern Hungary. Premiering at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo, it was one of the most popular German films released that year.[2] In 1929, a sound version was prepared by Paramount Pictures due to the public's apathy to silent films. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. Since the sound version was more widely seen, UFA producer Erich Pommer describe this film as his first "sound film", rather than Melody of the Heart.[3]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.
Cast
- Lil Dagover as Camilla
- Willy Fritsch as Franz Leutnant Graf v. Turoczy
- Dita Parlo as Marika
- Fritz Greiner as Gutsverwalter Doczy - ihr Vater
- Gisela Bathory as Frau Doczy - ihre Mutter
- Erich Kaiser-Titz as General Hoffmann
- Leopold Kramer as Baron Barsody
- Andor Heltai as Ein Zigeunerprimas
- Harry Hardt as Oberleutnant Barany
- Osvaldo Valenti as Der Fähnrich
- Paul Hörbiger as Kellner
- Max Wogritsch as Bischof
Music
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Marika” by Allan Stuart (words) and William Peters (music).
See also
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
Bibliography
- Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
External links
- Hungarian Rhapsody at IMDb
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The films of Hanns Schwarz
- Nanon (1924)
- Two People (1924)
- The Voice of the Heart (1924)
- The Telephone Operator (1925)
- The Little Variety Star (1926)
- The Csardas Princess (1927)
- Hungarian Rhapsody (1928)
- The Runaway Girl (1928)
- The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)
- Melody of the Heart (1929)
- Darling of the Gods (1930)
- Burglars (1930)
- Caught in the Act (1931)
- Her Grace Commands (1931)
- Princess, At Your Orders! (1931)
- Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931)
- Captain Craddock (1931)
- Happy Hearts (1932)
- Gypsies of the Night (1932)
- Monte Carlo Madness (1932)
- Prince of Arcadia (1933)
- The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
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