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Ball Im Savoy (1935 Film)
''Ball at the Savoy'' (German: ''Ball im Savoy'') is a 1935 Austrian-Hungarian musical film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Gitta Alpar, Hans Jaray and Rosy Barsony.Von Dassanowsky p.70 Part of the tradition of operetta films, it is based on the 1932 work of the same title by Paul Abraham. It was remade the following year in Britain. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marton Vincze. The film was shot at the Hunnia Film Studios in Budapest. Cast * Gitta Alpar as Anita Helling * Hans Jaray as Baron André v. Wollheim * Rosy Barsony as Mary v. Wollheim * Willy Stettner as Der Zimmerkellner Jean * Felix Bressart as Birowitsch, der Sekretär * Otto Wallburg as Der Verleger Haller * Hermann Blaß as Der Direktor im Grand Hotel * Emmi Buttykay as Szobalány * Harry Csáktornyai as Táncoló statiszta * Oszkár Dénes as Sänger * Edit Kállay as Pofozkodó lány * László Keleti * Lili Székely ''Lili'' is a 1953 American film released b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Sekely
Steve Sekely (February 25, 1899– March 9, 1979) was a Hungarian film director. Born István Székely, he was known by several names, based on his changing professional and immigration status, including Stefan Szekely. He directed films in Hungarian, German, and English. Biography He worked as a newspaper journalist in Germany, before returning to Hungary in the early 1930s. He directed one of the most famous classic Hungarian films, the frequently revived comedy ''Hyppolit, a lakáj'' (1931). That film was remade in 2000 and the original was later digitally restored and released on DVD. Sekely left pre-war Hungary, fleeing growing fascism and laws restricting rights and professional opportunities for Jews. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood for much of his subsequent career, directing mostly B movies and early episodic TV, although he directed his best-known English language film, the cult science fiction thriller ''The Day of the Triffids (film), The Day o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Abraham
Paul Abraham ( hu, Ábrahám Pál, links=no; 2 November 1892 – 6 May 1960) was a Jewish-Hungarian composer of operettas, who scored major successes in the German-speaking world. His specialty – and own innovation – was the insertion of jazz interludes into operettas. Abraham was born in Apatin, Austria-Hungary (today Serbia), and studied at the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest from 1910 to 1916. He studied cello with Adolf Schiffer and composition with Viktor Herzfeld. Career Abraham was a son of Jakab Ábrahám (c. 1859–1909) – who was an merchant from Apatin, later head of a small private bank – and Flóra Blau (1872-1943), who came from Mohács (South-Hungary, next to Danube). Like many other composers of operettas, Abraham started with works of a serious nature. During the decade following his studies he wrote, among other things, sacred music, string quartets and a concerto for violoncello. When he was appointed conductor at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edit Kállay
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Harry Csáktornyai
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Emmi Buttykay
Emmi may refer to: People * Emmi (Australian singer), singer-songwriter and voice of Blind Pig * Emmi (Finnish singer), a Finnish singer-songwriter * Emmi Dölling (1906–1990), a Czechoslovak/German political activist and journalist * Emmi Welter (1887–1971), German politician Institutions * Emmi AG, Swiss-based milk processor company *EMMI, ''European Money markets Institute'', is in charge to publish the Euribor daily reference rate *EMMIs, enemies in the 2021 video game '' Metroid Dread'' Abbreviations * Cyrix EMMI, ''Extended Multi-Media Instructions'', an MMX extension {{disambiguation, hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Blaß
Hermann Blaß (transliterated as Hermann Blass; 1888–1941) was an Austrian film actor and singer.Eisner p.351 The Jewish Blaß was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933. He then left Austria following its annexation by Germany in 1938 and went to the United States, where he died in 1941. Selected filmography * '' War in Peace'' (1925) * '' Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930) * '' The Singing City'' (1930) * '' The Copper'' (1930) * '' A Student's Song of Heidelberg'' (1930) * ''The Road to Dishonour'' (1930) * '' The Stolen Face'' (1930) * '' Lieutenant, Were You Once a Hussar?'' (1930) * '' Once I Loved a Girl in Vienna'' (1931) * '' The Man in Search of His Murderer'' (1931) * ''The Opera Ball'' (1931) * '' The Little Escapade'' (1931) * ''Circus Life'' (1931) * '' Johnny Steals Europe'' (1932) * '' Once There Was a Waltz'' (1932) * '' Two Hearts Beat as One'' (1932) * '' When Love Sets the Fashion'' (1932) * '' Trenck'' (1932) * '' Grandstand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Wallburg
Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era. Wallburg was born Otto Maximilian Wasserzug in Berlin, the son of a Jewish banker. He drifted into stage acting, but served in the German Army during the First World War and was wounded on the Eastern Front after winning an Iron Cross. From 1926 onwards he worked in the large German film industry, including many productions made by UFA. When the Nazis came to power in 1933 he left Germany and moved to Austria where he continued to work in film. He later moved to France and then on to the Netherlands. He was arrested following the 1940 German invasion of the Netherlands. He was held for a while at Westerbork transit camp, and later moved to Auschwitz where he was killed. Selected filmography * '' Uneasy Money'' (1926) - Herr Fischer * '' Chaste Susanne'' (1926) - Charency * ''Derby'' (1926) - Emil Henschke, Flei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen. Life and career Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia). His acting debut came in 1914 as Malvolio in "Twelfth Night," and he went on to act in Austria, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. He was an experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1927. He began as a supporting actor, for example as the Bailiff in the box-office hit '' Die Drei von der Tankstelle'' (1930), but soon established himself in leading roles of minor movies. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, the Jewish Bressart left Germany and continued his career in German-speaking movies in Austria, where Jewish artists were still relatively safe. After acting in forty German films, he emigrated to the United States in 1936. One of Bressart's former European colleagues was Joe Pasternak, who had become a Hollywood producer. Bressart's fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Stettner
Willy Stettner (1895–1961) was a German singer and stage and film actor.Wottrich p.166 Selected filmography * '' The Land of Smiles'' (1930) * '' How Do I Become Rich and Happy?'' (1930) * '' The Night Without Pause'' (1931) * '' Victoria and Her Hussar'' (1931) * ''Schubert's Dream of Spring'' (1931) * '' Quick'' (1932) * ''Daughter of the Regiment'' (1933) * '' Madame Wants No Children'' (1933) * '' A Thousand for One Night'' (1933) * ''Ball at the Savoy ''Ball im Savoy'' (''Ball at the Savoy'') is a jazz operetta in three acts and a prelude by Paul Abraham to a libretto by Alfred Grünwald and Fritz Löhner-Beda. It premiered on 23 December 1932 at the Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin. However, ...'' (1935) * '' Twilight'' (1940) * '' The Last Man'' (1955) References Bibliography * Erika Wottrich. ''Deutsche Universal.: Transatlantische Verleih- und Produktionsstrategien eines Hollywood-Studios in den 20er und 30er Jahren.''. 2001. External links * Actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunnia Film Studio
Hunnia Film Studio was the largest and most significant sound film studio in Hungary until its nationalization in 1948. Its predecessor, Corvin Film Studio, founded by Alexander Korda in 1917, was the most important Hungarian silent film company, while its successor, Mafilm, became the largest Hungarian film company, still operating today. Foundation Corvin Film Studio was purchased at an auction by the state-founded Filmipari Alap (Film Industry Fund). On December 19, 1928, Hunnia Film Factory was founded in Budapest. Prime Minister, István Bethlen, was determined to consolidate the Hungarian film industry and restore its old prestige. Therefore, the film factory was equipped with the most modern, German technology. The rebuilt studio was handed over on April 28, 1931. The next day ''Kék Bálvány'', the first Hungarian sound film, was shot. Golden age By the early 1940s, Hungary had become the third largest film production country in Europe as well as Hungary's largest fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
