''Roxy and the Wonderteam'' (German: ''Roxy und das Wunderteam'') is a 1938 Austrian musical

sports film A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the s ...

directed by

Johann von Vásáry Johann von Vásáry or János Vaszary (1899–1963) was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter, playwright and film director. Several of his plays were adapted into films including ''I Entrust My Wife to You'' in 1943.Rentschler p.344 Selected filmogra ...

and starring Rosy Barsony,

Fritz Imhoff Fritz Imhoff, real name: Friedrich Arnold Heinrich Jeschke (January 6, 1891, Alsergrund February 24, 1961, Wieden) was an Austrian actor. He was a brother of the Wienerlied composer (18901962). Selected filmography * '' Daughter of the Regi ...

and

Hans Holt Hans Holt (22 November 1909 – 3 August 2001) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1990. Selected filmography * '' Hannerl and Her Lovers'' (1936) * ''Catherine the Last'' (1936) * '' Florentine' ...

.Waller p.207 It is based on an operetta called ''Roxy und ihr Wunderteam''. A separate Hungarian-language version was also produced. The title is an allusion to the

Wunderteam ''Wunderteam'' (; ''Wonder Team'') was the name given to the Austria national football team of the 1930s. Led by manager Hugo Meisl, the team had an unbeaten streak of 14 games between April 1931 and December 1932. The style of the team focused on q ...

, the acclaimed

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of the 1930s, and the film features an appearance by former captain

Matthias Sindelar Matthias Sindelar (, cz, Matěj Šindelář; 10 February 1903 – 23 January 1939) was an Austrian professional footballer. Regarded as one of the greatest Austrian players of all time, Sindelar played for Austria Wien and the Austria national ...

as himself. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Márton Vincze Marton Vincze or Márton Vincze (1905–1941) was a Hungarian art directorWaldman p.135 who designed the sets for over eighty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Old Scoundrel'' (1932) * ''And the Plains Are Gleaming'' (1933) ...

Cast

* Rosy Barsony as Grete Müller *

as Herr Müller, ihr Vater *

as Lazy - Kapitän einer Fussballmannschaft * Hortense Raky as Margot * Tibor Halmay as Bob, schottischer Hocharistokrat *

Ferdinand Mayerhofer Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

as Gutsverwalter * Oszkár Dénes as Baron Utvary * Carmen Perwolf as Liesl * Vilma Kurer as Mädchen vom Jachtklub * Irma Eckert as Mädchen vom Jachtklub * Éva Bíró as Mädchen vom Jacktklub * Éva Libertiny as Mädchen vom Jachtklub * Éva Somogyi as Mädchen vom Jachtklub * Maria Horvath as Mädchen vom Jachtklub *

as Himself - Footballer * Geza Toldi as Fußballer * Franz Zentner as Fußballer * Reggie Riffler as Fußballer * Erich Sprung as Fußballer * Hans Bräuer as Fußballer *

Otto Falvay Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

as Fußballer *

Béla Fáy Béla may refer to: * Béla (crater), an elongated lunar crater * Béla (given name), a common Hungarian male given name See also * Bela (disambiguation) * Belá (disambiguation) * Bělá (disambiguation) Bělá, derived from ''bílá'' (''whit ...

as Fußballer *

Reggie Nalder Reggie Nalder (born Alfred Reginald Natzler; 4 September 1907 – 19 November 1991) was a prolific Austrian film and television character actor from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. His distinctive features—partially the result of disfigur ...

as Fußballer

References

Bibliography

* Waller, Klaus. ''Paul Abraham. Der tragische König der Operette: Eine Biographie. Zweite, überarbeitete Auflage''. 2017.

External links

* 1938 films 1930s sports films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Johann von Vásáry Austrian multilingual films Austrian association football films Operetta films Films based on operettas Austrian black-and-white films 1938 multilingual films {{sport-film-stub