''The Rakoczi March'' (german: Rakoczy-Marsch) is a 1933

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Gustav Fröhlich Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropoli ...

and

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 Hun ...

and starring Fröhlich,

Leopold Kramer Leopold Kramer (29 September 1869 – 29 October 1942) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Selected filmography * ''The Eye of the Buddha'' (1919) * '' Ungarische Rhapsodie'' (1928) * ''Frauenarzt Dr. Schäfer'' (1928) * '' Die geheime Macht'' ...

and

Camilla Horn Camilla Martha Horn (25 April 1903 – 14 August 1996) was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions. Biography The daught ...

. It was a co-production between Austria, Germany and Hungary.Dassanowsky p. 49 A separate Hungarian-language version, ''Rákóczi induló'', was made.

Cast

as Oberleutnant Tarjan *

as Graf Job *

as Vilma, his daughter *

Paul Wagner Paul Alan Wagner (born November 14, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992–1997), Milwaukee Brewers (1997–1998), and Cleveland Indians (1999). Amateur career Wagner atten ...

as Rittmeister Arpad Graf Job, his son * Ellen Frank as Erika, his niece *

Tibor Halmay Tibor Halmay (20 December 1894 – 2 November 1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.von Dassanowsky p.65 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and appeared in a mixture of German and Hungarian films during his career. He is sometimes ...

as Leutnant Lorant * Margit Angerer as the recital singer * László Dezsőffy as the watchman *

Anton Pointner Anton Pointner (8 December 1894 in Salzburg – 8 September 1949 in Hintersee) was an Austrian stage and film actor. Pointner's career began on the stages of Austria and performed in both silent and sound films in his native Austria, as well ...

as Merlin, Job's neighbour *

Charles Puffy Charles Puffy (born Károly Hochstadt; 3 November 1884 – 1942 or 1943) was a Hungarian film actor. Biography Hochstadt appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1938. He was the only slapstick star in Hungary's silent film era, appear ...

as the vet *

Willi Schur Willi Schur (22 August 1888 – 1 November 1940) was a German actor and singer. He appeared in roughly ninety feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' Berlin-Alexanderplatz'' (1931) * ''Who Takes Love Seriously?' ...

as Mischka, Tarjan's batman * Rudolf Teubler as the peasant *

Otto Treßler Otto Treßler, also Otto Tressler, (13 April 1871 – 27 April 1965) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1915 and 1962. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria. He was ...

as the regimental doctor *

Peter Wolff Peter Wolff (born 10 May 1946) is a politician and attorney from Liechtenstein. He was the Speaker of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (the national Parliament) from January 1997 to December 2000. Wolff belongs to the Patriotic Union and represente ...

as Fähnrich Bilitzky

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* 1933 films 1933 drama films Austrian drama films Hungarian drama films 1930s German-language films Films based on works by Ferenc Herczeg German multilingual films Films directed by Gustav Fröhlich Films directed by Steve Sekely Films scored by Paul Abraham Austrian black-and-white films German black-and-white films Hungarian black-and-white films Austrian multilingual films Hungarian multilingual films 1933 multilingual films {{Austria-film-stub