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
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 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

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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