''Variety'' (German title: ''Varieté '') is a 1935 French-German
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 ...
directed by
Nicolas Farkas ''The native form of this personal name is Farkas Miklós. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.''
Nicolas Farkas ( Margitta, Austro-Hungarian Empire, July 27, 1890 – New York, March 22, 1982) was a Hungarian-born cin ...
and starring
Annabella,
Hans Albers and
Attila Hörbiger
Attila Hörbiger (21 April 1896 – 27 April 1987) was an Austrian stage and movie actor.
Life
Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and the young ...
.
[Bock & Bergfelder p.8] It is based on the 1912 novel ''
The Oath of Stephan Huller'' by
Felix Hollaender
Felix Hollaender (1 November 1867 – 29 May 1931) was a German writer, critic, dramaturge and theatre director. At one point he worked as a stage producer with his friend Max Reinhardt.
Life
Felix Hollaender was born in Leobschütz (as Głubc ...
. It features a
love triangle between three performers of a
high wire
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act.
It was shot at the
Bavaria Studios
Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film.
History
The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Fir ...
in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
and the
Joinville Studios
The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there.
A second studio was added to the original ...
in
Paris
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Serge Piménoff
Serge Piménoff (1895–1960) was a Russian-born French art director. He designed the sets for the 1958 film ''Les Misérables''.Hayward p.232
Selected filmography
* '' Nights of Princes'' (1930)
* '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931)
* '' Sailor's Son ...
. A separate French-language film ' was also produced. The following year a British remake ''
Three Maxims'' was produced by
Herbert Wilcox
Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director.
He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wif ...
and starred
Anna Neagle
Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox (''née'' Robertson; 20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer, and dancer.
She was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema ...
.
Cast
*
Annabella as Jeanne
*
Hans Albers as Pierre
*
Attila Hörbiger
Attila Hörbiger (21 April 1896 – 27 April 1987) was an Austrian stage and movie actor.
Life
Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger and the young ...
as Georges
*
Karl Etlinger
Karl Etlinger (16 October 1879 – 8 May 1946) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1946.
Selected filmography
* '' The Eternal Curse'' (1921)
* '' The Poisoned Stream'' (1921)
* '' The Films of Prin ...
as Max
*
Ernst Rotmund
Ernst Rotmund (26 November 1886 – 2 March 1955) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1917 to 1954.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1886 births
1955 deaths
German male film actors
...
as Varieté-Direktor
*
Gerhard Dammann
Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914)
* '' Under the Lantern'' (1928)
* '' Eva in Silk'' (1928)
* '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928)
* '' When the Mother an ...
as Varieté-Regisseur
*
Gustav Püttjer
Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appearing in the fil ...
as Emil
*
Else Reval
Else Reval (14 June 1893 – 25 January 1978) was a German film actress.Giesen p.210
Selected filmography
* '' War in Peace'' (1925)
* '' The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926)
* '' Marriage Announcement'' (1926)
* '' The Eleven Schill Officers' ...
as Frau Thomas
*
Arthur Reinhardt
Arthur Reinhardt (17 April 1893 – 16 December 1973) was a German actor.Kay Weniger
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as Der Pressechef
*
Walter Steinweg
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
as Ein Schneider
*
Nicolas Koline
Nicolas Koline (1878–1973) was a Russian stage and film actor. He established himself in Russia as a stage performer with the Moscow Art Theatre. He emigrated from Russia after the October Revolution of 1917 and came to France with La Chauve-So ...
as Gänsemann
*
Gaston Palmer as Ein Jongleur
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1935 films
German drama films
1935 drama films
1930s German-language films
Films of Nazi Germany
Films directed by Nicolas Farkas
Circus films
Bavaria Film films
German multilingual films
French multilingual films
German black-and-white films
French black-and-white films
French drama films
1935 multilingual films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
Films shot at Joinville Studios
Remakes of German films
Sound film remakes of silent films
1930s French films
1930s German films
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