Frühjahrsparade (1934)
This Hungarian musical comedy (English title: Spring Parade) was produced by Joseph Pasternak, who later remade the picture in Hollywood as a Deanna Durbin vehicle. The original 1934 version stars Franciska Gaal as a Hungarian serving girl who heads to Vienna to visit a relative. Stopping over at an outdoor carnival, Gaal is told by a fortune teller that she will enjoy a happy marriage with a handsome and wealthy stranger. Later on, she finds herself at a fancy dress ball, where a good-looking aristocrat, assuming that our heroine is a countess masquerading as a peasant, falls in love with her. Delighted that the fortune-teller's prophecy seems to be coming true, Gaal finds herself in a dilemma when she falls in love with poverty-stricken soldier Wolf Albach Retty. But things turn out OK when Retty, the regimental drummer, composes a hit song which brings him fame and fortune, thereby neatly fulfilling that prophecy.
Director: Géza von Bolváry
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Paul Hörbiger as Kaiser Franz Joseph |
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Franziska Gaal as Marika |
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Wolf Albach-Retty as Wilhelm August Jurek |
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Theo Lingen as Baron Zorndorf |
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Adele Sandrock as Gräfin Burgstätten |
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Piri Vaszary as Nanette |
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Annie Rosar as Frau Taschlmeier |
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Hans Richter as Fritzi |
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Anton Pointner as Hauptmann Weber |
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Tibor von Halmay as Korporal Stadler |
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Fritz Imhoff as Feldwebel Mittermeier |
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Hans Moser as Friseur Swoboda |
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Richard Eybner as Ein Komiteeherr |
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Alfred Neugebauer as Kammerdiener Zimmerl |
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Alfred Gerasch as |
| Directing | Géza von Bolváry | Director |
| Production | Joe Pasternak | Producer |
