Hungarian Rhapsody (1928 film)
Hungarian Rhapsody (German: Ungarische Rhapsodie) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Lil Dagover, Willy Fritsch and Dita Parlo. It depicts the life of an impoverished Hungarian aristocrat.
| Hungarian Rhapsody | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hanns Schwarz |
| Written by | Joe May Hans Székely |
| Produced by | Erich Pommer |
| Starring | Lil Dagover Willy Fritsch Dita Parlo |
| Cinematography | Carl Hoffmann |
| Edited by | Erich Schmidt |
| Music by | William Frederick Peters Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
Production company | UFA |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 5 November 1928 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent Version German Intertitles Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Southern Hungary. Premiering at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo, it was one of the most popular German films released that year. In 1929, a sound version was prepared by Paramount Pictures due to the public's apathy to silent films. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. Since the sound version was more widely seen, UFA producer Erich Pommer describe this film as his first "sound film", rather than Melody of the Heart.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.