Victoria and Her Hussar (1931 film)

1931 film

Victoria and Her Hussar

Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Fritz Friedmann-Frederich Imre Földes (operetta) Alfred Grünwald (libretto) Fritz Löhner-Beda (libretto)
Produced by	Richard Oswald
Starring	Michael Bohnen Friedel Schuster Iván Petrovich
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Else Baum
Music by	Paul Abraham
Production company	Aafa-Film
Distributed by	Aafa-Film
Release date	12 October 1931 (1931-10-12)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Victoria and Her Hussar (German: Viktoria und ihr Husar) is a 1931 German musical film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Michael Bohnen, Friedel Schuster and Iván Petrovich. It is an Operetta film based on the operetta Viktoria und ihr Husar by Paul Abraham which was itself inspired by a work by Emric Földes. Two later film versions of the operetta were made in 1954 and 1982.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

Synopsis

A Hungarian Countess believes that her husband, a hussar officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, has been killed in the First World War. She becomes engaged to an American diplomat, only for her first husband to turn up still alive.

Cast

Michael Bohnen as John Cunlight, amerikanischer Gesandter
Friedel Schuster as Viktoria, Johns Frau
Iván Petrovich as Stefan Koltay, Husaren-Rittmeister
Willy Stettner as Graf Ferry, Viktorias Bruder
Else Elster as O Lia San, Ferrys Braut
Gretl Theimer as Riquette, Kammerzofe Viktorias
Ernő Verebes as Jancyi, Koltays Bursche
Julius Falkenstein as L. kosak
Gyula Szőreghy as 2. Kosak
Charles Willy Kayser as Taylor
Eugen Neufeld as General
Adolf E. Licho as Birinski
Ernst Pittschau as Sekretär
Carl Jöken as Sänger
Friedl Weiss as Tänzerin

References

Höbusch p.41

Bibliography

Höbusch, Harald. "Mountain of Destiny": Nanga Parbat and Its Path Into the German Imagination. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
Traubner, Richard. Operetta: A Theatrical History. Routledge, 2003.

External links

Vitroria and Her Hussar at IMDb

v t e The films of Richard Oswald
The Iron Cross (1914) Ivan Koschula (1914) The Silent Mill (1914) Laugh Bajazzo (1915) The Vice (1915) Tales of Hoffmann (1916) A Night of Horror (1916) The Uncanny House (1916) The Sea Battle (1917) The Lord of Hohenstein (1917) Let There Be Light (1917) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917) The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918) Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918) Diary of a Lost Woman (1918) Henriette Jacoby (1918) The House of Three Girls (1918) Die Arche (1919) Different from the Others (1919) Prostitution (1919) Peer Gynt (1919) Around the World in Eighty Days (1919) Unheimliche Geschichten (1919) Figures of the Night (1920) Kurfürstendamm (1920) The Merry-Go-Round (1920) Manolescu's Memoirs (1920) Lady Hamilton (1921) The Golden Plague (1921) The House in Dragon Street (1921) The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore (1921) Lucrezia Borgia (1922) Carlos and Elisabeth (1924) Semi-Silk (1925) The Wife of Forty Years (1925) Rags and Silk (1925) Should We Be Silent? (1926) When I Came Back (1926) We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment (1926) The White Horse Inn (1926) Assassination (1927) Radio Magic (1927) Agitated Women (1927) The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927) Lützow's Wild Hunt (1927) A Crazy Night (1927) The Green Alley (1928) Villa Falconieri (1928) Spring Awakening (1929) The Mistress and her Servant (1929) Marriage in Trouble (1929) Cagliostro (1929) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929) Dreyfus (1930) Vienna, City of Song (1930) Alraune (1930) The Tender Relatives (1930) 1914 (1931) Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931) Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) Victoria and Her Hussar (1931) The Captain from Köpenick (1931) Countess Mariza (1932) Unheimliche Geschichten (1932) The Flower of Hawaii (1933) A Song Goes Round the World (1933) Adventures on the Lido (1933) My Song Goes Round the World (1934) When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934) Bleeke Bet (1934) Storm over Asia (1938) Isle of Missing Men (1942) The Lovable Cheat (1949)

The films of Richard Oswald

The Iron Cross (1914)
Ivan Koschula (1914)
The Silent Mill (1914)
Laugh Bajazzo (1915)
The Vice (1915)
Tales of Hoffmann (1916)
A Night of Horror (1916)
The Uncanny House (1916)
The Sea Battle (1917)
The Lord of Hohenstein (1917)
Let There Be Light (1917)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917)
The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918)
Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918)
Diary of a Lost Woman (1918)
Henriette Jacoby (1918)
The House of Three Girls (1918)
Die Arche (1919)
Different from the Others (1919)
Prostitution (1919)
Peer Gynt (1919)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1919)
Unheimliche Geschichten (1919)
Figures of the Night (1920)
Kurfürstendamm (1920)
The Merry-Go-Round (1920)
Manolescu's Memoirs (1920)
Lady Hamilton (1921)
The Golden Plague (1921)
The House in Dragon Street (1921)
The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore (1921)
Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
Carlos and Elisabeth (1924)
Semi-Silk (1925)
The Wife of Forty Years (1925)
Rags and Silk (1925)
Should We Be Silent? (1926)
When I Came Back (1926)
We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment (1926)
The White Horse Inn (1926)
Assassination (1927)
Radio Magic (1927)
Agitated Women (1927)
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927)
Lützow's Wild Hunt (1927)
A Crazy Night (1927)
The Green Alley (1928)
Villa Falconieri (1928)
Spring Awakening (1929)
The Mistress and her Servant (1929)
Marriage in Trouble (1929)
Cagliostro (1929)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)
Dreyfus (1930)
Vienna, City of Song (1930)
Alraune (1930)
The Tender Relatives (1930)
1914 (1931)
Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931)
Poor as a Church Mouse (1931)
Victoria and Her Hussar (1931)
The Captain from Köpenick (1931)
Countess Mariza (1932)
Unheimliche Geschichten (1932)
The Flower of Hawaii (1933)
A Song Goes Round the World (1933)
Adventures on the Lido (1933)
My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934)
Bleeke Bet (1934)
Storm over Asia (1938)
Isle of Missing Men (1942)
The Lovable Cheat (1949)

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