- Source: Hungarian Rhapsody (1928 film)
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. It depicts the life of an impoverished Hungarian aristocrat.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam 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. 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.
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