Czardas of Hearts
1951 film
- 26 January 1951 (1951-01-26)
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Czardas of Hearts (German: Czardas der Herzen) is a 1951 West German comedy film directed by Sándor Szlatinay and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Hannelore Bollmann and Dorit Kreysler.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. It was based on the play Servus Peter by Károly Nóti[2] and it is also known by this title. An earlier version of the story Hello, Peter! was made by Szlatinay in Hungary in 1939.
Synopsis
In pre-war Budapest the struggling actor Paul is mistaken for his doppelganger Peter, a celebrated film director. Peter wants a break from the public interest and pressures of his job and hires Paul to masquerade as him for several days.
Cast
- Wolf Albach-Retty as Peter Tornay / Paul Endre
- Hannelore Bollmann as Eva Tornay
- Edith Klinger as Marika Egressy
- Dorit Kreysler as Lilly
- Iván Petrovich as Tornay senior
- Oskar Sima as Ferenc
- Erik Ode as Gabor Takacs
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Takacs senior
- Elfie Beyer as Gizi Takacs
- Marianne Koch as Reporterin
References
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- Czardas of Hearts at IMDb
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Films directed by Sándor Szlatinay
- I May See Her Once a Week (1937)
- Billeting (1938)
- Hello, Peter! (1939)
- The Perfect Man (1939)
- The Bercsenyi Hussars (1940)
- The Last of the Vereczkeys (1940)
- Much Ado About Emmi (1940)
- The Hussar Captain (1940)
- I'll Make You Happy (1949)
- Czardas of Hearts (1951)
- Woe to Him Who Loves (1951)
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