...und es leuchtet die Pußta (1933)
Set on the Hungarian plains and in romantic Budapest, the film follows Rose Barsony’s spirited dancer-singer and Wolf Albach-Retty’s young noble as they navigate love, song and national pride. When the aristocratic family’s fortunes are threatened by the heir’s prodigality, veteran estate manager Károly Sugár steps in to safeguard the daughter’s inheritance. Against a backdrop of blooded horses, vineyard laborers and patriotic pageantry, the couple’s romance unfolds through musical numbers and colorful travelogue sequences that celebrate Hungary’s landscape and culture.
Director: Heinz Hille
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Rosy Barsony as Baroneß Maria Inockay (as Rosi Barsony) |
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Károly Sugár as Kaspar Borly, Gutsverwalter (as Károly Sugar) |
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Wolf Albach-Retty as Peter Borly, Husarenleutnant |
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Tibor von Halmay as Graf Balassa, Leutnant (as Tibor von Halmay) |
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Magda Kun as Magda, Marias Freundin |
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Heinz Salfner as Baron Inokay |
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Hansi Arnstaedt as Baronin Inokay |
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Olga Limburg as Gräfin Balassa |
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Hans Zesch-Ballot as Thury |
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Béla Venczel as General Draskoczy |
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Franz Göbels as Untersuchungsrichter |
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Emilia Étsy as Frau Perkàl |
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Tivadar Bilicsi as 1. Weinreisender |
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Hugó Déri as 2. Weinreisender |
| Directing | Heinz Hille | Director |
| Writing | Kálmán Mikszáth | Novel |
| Writing | Emeric Pressburger | Writer |
| Production | Heinz Hille | Producer |
| Sound | Ernst Erich Buder | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | István Eiben | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Karl Puth | Director of Photography |
| Camera | István Somkúti | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Erno Hajos | Editor |
| Art | Herbert Lippschitz | Art Direction |
| Art | Márton Vincze | Art Direction |