| Hungarian Rhapsody | |
| Director: | Hanns Schwarz |
| Producer: | Erich Pommer |
| Starring: | Lil Dagover Willy Fritsch Dita Parlo |
| Music: | William Frederick Peters Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| Cinematography: | Carl Hoffmann |
| Editing: | Erich Schmidt |
| Studio: | UFA |
| Distributor: | UFA |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | Silent Version German Intertitles Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
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.[1] It depicts the life of an impoverished Hungarian aristocrat.
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.[2] 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.[3]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.
The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Marika” byAllan Stuart (words) and William Peters (music).