Hungarian Rhapsody (1928)

Original title

Ungarische Rhapsodie

Directed by

Hanns Schwarz

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows an impoverished Hungarian aristocrat struggling with his reduced circumstances. His life and relationships are depicted against the backdrop of the Hungarian countryside.

melancholicromanticslow-burnvisually lushpoignanttragicnostalgicelegiac

What happens

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. The Italian acton and future star Osvaldo Valenti made his debut in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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