Hungarian Rhapsody (1928 film)
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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.
Hungarian Rhapsody | |
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Directed by | Hanns Schwarz |
Written by | Joe May Hans Székely |
Produced by | Erich Pommer |
Starring | Lil Dagover Willy Fritsch Dita Parlo |
Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
Edited by | Erich Schmidt |
Music by | William Frederick Peters Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
Production company | |
Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 5 November 1928 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Languages | Silent Version German Intertitles Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
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.