Greetings and Kisses, Veronika

{{Short description|1933 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox film

|name = Greetings and Kisses, Veronika

|image = Greetings and Kisses, Veronika.jpg

|caption =

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Gruß und Kuß – Veronika}}

|director = Carl Boese

|producer = Viktor Klein

|writer = Kurt Schwabach

|starring = Franciska Gaal
Paul Hörbiger
Otto Wallburg

|music = Franz Waxman

|cinematography = Bruno Mondi

|editing = Else Baum

|studio = Victor Klein-Film

|released = {{Film date|1933|8|29|df=y}}

|runtime = 92 minutes

|country = Germany

|language = German

}}

Greetings and Kisses, Veronika ({{langx|de|Gruß und Kuß – Veronika}}) is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Franciska Gaal, Paul Hörbiger, and Otto Wallburg. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Kurt Dürnhöfer and Max Heilbronner. The film's popularity made Gaal an international star.{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=144|year=2009|location=New York, NY|isbn=1571816550|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6}} However the rise of the Nazi Party to power meant that the Jewish Gaal had to make her next films in Hungary and Austria.{{cite news|title=At the 79th Street.|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 February 1936}}

Franz Waxman's song "Greetings and Kisses, Veronika" written for the film became a major hit and helped boost Waxman's career as a songwriter.{{cite book|last1=Neumeyer|first1=David|last2=Platte|first2=Nathan|title=Franz Waxman's Rebecca: A Film Score Guide|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2011|location=Lanham, MD|page=4|isbn=0810881365}}