Hungarian Rhapsody (1928 film)

Hungarian Rhapsody
Directed byHanns Schwarz
Written byJoe May
Hans Székely
Produced byErich Pommer
StarringLil Dagover
Willy Fritsch
Dita Parlo
CinematographyCarl Hoffmann
Edited byErich Schmidt
Music byWilliam Frederick Peters
Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 5 November 1928 (1928-11-05)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent Version
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 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.[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

Music

The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Marika” by Allan Stuart (words) and William Peters (music).

See also

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Hardt p.113
  3. ^ Hardt p.113

Bibliography

  • Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.


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