Frühjahrsparade
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This Hungarian musical comedy (English title: Spring Parade) was produced by Joseph Pasternak, who later remade the picture in Hollywood as a Deanna Durbin vehicle. The original 1934 version stars Franciska Gaal as a Hungarian serving girl who heads to Vienna to visit a relative. Stopping over at an outdoor carnival, Gaal is told by a fortune teller that she will enjoy a happy marriage with a handsome and wealthy stranger. Later on, she finds herself at a fancy dress ball, where a good-looking aristocrat, assuming that our heroine is a countess masquerading as a peasant, falls in love with her. Delighted that the fortune-teller's prophecy seems to be coming true, Gaal finds herself in a dilemma when she falls in love with poverty-stricken soldier Wolf Albach Retty. But things turn out OK when Retty, the regimental drummer, composes a hit song which brings him fame and fortune, thereby neatly fulfilling that prophecy.
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Cast
22 people
Paul Hörbiger
Kaiser Franz Joseph
Known for
The Third Man
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Franziska Gaal
Marika
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Wolf Albach-Retty
Wilhelm August Jurek
Also in
Immer die Radfahrer
Adventure in the Grand Hotel
Theo Lingen
Baron Zorndorf
Known for
M
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Adele Sandrock
Gräfin Burgstätten
Also in
The Fight with the Dragon
Marizza
Piri Vaszary
Nanette
Also in
The Borrowed Castle
Two Girls on the Street
Annie Rosar
Frau Taschlmeier
Also in
13 Chairs
The Golden City
Hans Richter
Fritzi
Known for
The Punch Bowl
Special Section
Anton Pointner
Hauptmann Weber
Also in
Pension Elise Nottebohm
I by Day, You by Night
Tibor von Halmay
Korporal Stadler
Also in
And the Puszta Gleams
Donauschiffer
Fritz Imhoff
Feldwebel Mittermeier
Also in
Zwei Herzen und ein Thron
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
Hans Moser
Friseur Swoboda
Also in
The City without Jews
Opera Ball
Géza von Bolváry Director
First release September 20, 1934 · Produced in Austria, Hungary, Germany
Production
Deutsche Universal-Film
Production
Austria · Hungary · Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · September 20, 1934
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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