Victoria and Her Hussar (1931 film)
Victoria and Her Hussar (German: Viktoria und ihr Husar) is a 1931 German musical film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Michael Bohnen, Friedel Schuster and Iván Petrovich.[1] It is an Operetta film based on the operetta Viktoria und ihr Husar by Paul Abraham which was itself inspired by a work by Emric Földes. Two later film versions of the operetta were made in 1954 and 1982.
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| Directed by | Richard Oswald |
| Produced by | Richard Oswald |
| Written by | Fritz Friedmann-Frederich Imre Földes (operetta) Alfred Grünwald (libretto) Fritz Löhner-Beda (libretto) |
| Starring | Michael Bohnen Friedel Schuster Iván Petrovich |
| Music by | Paul Abraham |
| Cinematography | Reimar Kuntze |
| Edited by | Else Baum |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Aafa-Film |
Release date | 12 October 1931 |
Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.
Synopsis
A Hungarian Countess believes that her husband, a hussar officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, has been killed in the First World War. She becomes engaged to an American diplomat, only for her first husband to turn up still alive.
Cast
- Michael Bohnen as John Cunlight, amerikanischer Gesandter
- Friedel Schuster as Viktoria, Johns Frau
- Iván Petrovich as Stefan Koltay, Husaren-Rittmeister
- Willy Stettner as Graf Ferry, Viktorias Bruder
- Else Elster as O Lia San, Ferrys Braut
- Gretl Theimer as Riquette, Kammerzofe Viktorias
- Ernő Verebes as Jancyi, Koltays Bursche
- Julius Falkenstein as L. kosak
- Gyula Szőreghy as 2. Kosak
- Charles Willy Kayser as Taylor
- Eugen Neufeld as General
- Adolf E. Licho as Birinski
- Ernst Pittschau as Sekretär
- Carl Jöken as Sänger
- Friedl Weiss as Tänzerin
References
- Höbusch p.41
Bibliography
- Höbusch, Harald. "Mountain of Destiny": Nanga Parbat and Its Path Into the German Imagination. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
- Traubner, Richard. Operetta: A Theatrical History. Routledge, 2003.
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