Stars of Variety
1939 film
- 30 March 1939 (1939-03-30) (Hungary)
- 14 April 1939 (1939-04-14) (Germany)
Running time
Hungary
Stars of Variety (German: Menschen vom Varieté, Hungarian: A varieté csillagai) is a 1939 German-Hungarian drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring La Jana, Christl Mardayn and Karin Hardt.[1] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Günther. Separate German and Hungarian-language versions were produced.[3]
Cast
German version
- La Jana as Silvia Castellani
- Christl Mardayn as Alice Mc'Lean
- Karin Hardt as Gloria Mc'Lean
- Hans Holt as Freddy Danz
- Attila Hörbiger as Jack Carey
- Edith Oß as Ruby Mc'Lean
- Hans Moser as Miller - stage manager
- Jack Trevor as Jeffrey Keats
- Victor Janson as Manager of Variety
- Willi Schur as Serna - Dompteur
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Tom
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge as police inspector
- Erwin Biegel as Kellner in der Artistenpension
- Eduard von Winterstein as Theaterarzt
- Else Ehser as Emilie Schmitz - Dresser
- Julia Serda as Frau Turner
- Franz Gamberti as Körting - Requisiteur
- Michael von Newlinsky as Waiter in the restaurant
- Klaus Pohl as Varietéarzt
- Terry Carlton as Steptanz-Paar
- Tommy Ovary as Steptanz-Paar
Hungarian version
- Bella Bordy as Silvia Costelloni
- Pál Jávor as Jack Casey
- Antal Páger as Keats
- Erzsi Simor as Alice McLean
- Zita Szeleczky as Gloria
- Gerö Mály as Miller - Stage manager
- Piroska Vaszary as Schmitz - Dresser
- István Bársony as - Dompteur
- Béla Fáy as Detective
- Éva Libertiny as Girl in Variety
- Mária Lázár as Ruby
- Zoltán Szakáts as Police inspector
- Lajos Ujváry as Mátyás - Husband of Guesthouse woman
- Zoltán Várkonyi as Freddy Sanz
References
Bibliography
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
- Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
External links
- German version at IMDb
- Hungarian version at IMDb
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The films of Josef von Báky
- The Woman at the Crossroads (1938)
- The Great and the Little Love (1938)
- Her First Experience (1939)
- Stars of Variety (1939)
- Annelie (1941)
- Münchhausen (1943)
- Via Mala (1945)
- And the Heavens Above Us (1947)
- The Last Illusion (1949)
- Two Times Lotte (1950)
- Dreaming Lips (1953)
- Diary of a Married Woman (1953)
- Hotel Adlon (1955)
- Dunja (1955)
- The Girl and the Legend (1957)
- Precocious Youth (1957)
- Confess, Doctor Corda (1958)
- Stefanie (1958)
- The Man Who Sold Himself (1959)
- Marili (1959)
- The Ideal Woman (1959)
- Storm in a Water Glass (1960)
- The Strange Countess (1961)
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