''The Csardas Princess'' (german: Die Czardasfürstin) is a 1934 German
operetta film
Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but not exclusive to, German language cinema. The genre began in the late 1920s, but its roots stretch back into the tradition of nineteenth century Viennese ope ...
directed by
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
, bfi.org.uk; accessed ...
and starring
Mártha Eggerth,
Hans Söhnker
Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) – ...
and
Paul Kemp.
It is based on the 1915 operetta ''
Die Csárdásfürstin'' composed by
Emmerich Kálmán
Emmerich Kálmán ( hu, Kálmán Imre; 24 October 1882 – 30 October 1953) was a Hungarian composer of operettas and a prominent figure in the development of Viennese operetta in the 20th century. Among his most popular works are '' Die Csár ...
.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Robert Herlth
Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146
Filmography
* ''Masks'' (1920)
* '' Island of the Dead'' (1921)
* ...
and
Walter Röhrig
Walter Röhrig (13 April 1897 – 1945) was a German art director.Stephens p.163
Selected filmography
* '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920)
* ''Masks'' (1920)
* ''Parisian Women'' (1921)
* '' Island of the Dead'' (1921)
* ''Miss Julie'' (192 ...
. A separate French-language version ''Princesse Czardas'' was also produced.
In 1951 Jacoby
remade the film starring his wife
Marika Rökk
Marika Rökk (; born Marie Karoline Rökk, 3 November 1913 – 16 May 2004) was a German-Austrian dancer, singer and actress of Hungarian descent who gained prominence in German films in the Nazi era. She resumed her career in 1947 and was one of ...
.
Cast
*
Mártha Eggerth as Sylva Varescu
*
Hans Söhnker
Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) – ...
as Prinz Edwin Weylersheim
*
Paul Kemp as Graf Bonipart Kancsianu
*
Inge List as Countess Stasi von Planitz
*
Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor.
Life and work
Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...
as Feri von Kerekes
*
Hans Junkermann
Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961.
Biography
Junkermann was bor ...
as Der Kommandeur
*
Friedrich Ulmer
Friedrich Ulmer (1877–1952) was a German film actor.
Partial filmography
* ''Das schwarze Amulett'' (1920)
* ''Der Totenkopf'' (1920)
* ''Die Hexe von Lolaruh'' (1920) as Waldläufer
* '' A Dying Nation'' (1922, part 1, 2)
* '' Helena'' (1924 ...
as Fürst Weylersheim
*
Ida Wüst
Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).
Life and career
Little is known about Ida Wüst's early childhood. She discovere ...
as Fürstin Weylersheim
*
Edwin Jürgensen
Edwin Max Eduard Jürgensen (24 May 1898 – 1 April 1947) was a German actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1930 to 1944.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1898 births
1947 deaths
German male film actors ...
as Der Manager
*Andor Heltai as Der Zigeunerprimas
*
Ilse Fürstenberg
Ilse Fürstenberg (12 December 1907, in Berlin – 16 December 1976, in Basel) was a German actress, working on stage, screen, television and as voice actress.
Selected filmography
* '' The Blue Angel'' (1930) - Raths Wirtschafterin / Maid
* '' ...
as Mädi vom Chantant
*
Marina von Ditmar
Marina von Ditmar (30 October 1914 – 3 September 2014) was a German film actress born in Saint Petersburg of Baltic German descent.
After moving to Germany she studied acting under Lucie Höflich and Ilka Grüning. Her first roles were performe ...
as Mädi vom Chantant
*
Charlott Daudert
Charlott Daudert (27 December 1913 – 19 January 1961) was a German film actress.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275
Filmography
* '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934)
* ''Frasquita'' (1934)
* '' Da stimmt was nicht'' (1934)
* '' Old Comrades'' (1934)
* '' ...
as Mädi vom Chantant
*Karin Luesebrink as Mädi vom Chantant
*Margot Höpfner as Mädi vom Chantant
*Hedi Höpfner as Mädi vom Chantant
*Liselotte Hessler as Mädi vom Chantant
*
Olga Engl
Olga Engl (30 May 1871 – 21 September 1946) was an Austrian-German stage and motion picture actress who appeared in nearly 200 films.
Biography
Engl was privately educated in an Ursuline monastery and began her acting career at the Prague Co ...
as Die Ankleiderin
References
External links
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Operetta films
1934 musical films
German musical films
Films of Nazi Germany
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
UFA GmbH films
German multilingual films
Films based on operettas
German black-and-white films
1934 multilingual films
1930s German films
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