Stars of Variety
{{short description|1939 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Stars of Variety
| image =File:Stars of Variety.jpg
| caption =
| director = Josef von Báky
| producer = Heinz Landsmann
Antal Takács
| writer = Attila Orbók
Erich Willke
Thea von Harbou
| narrator =
| starring = La Jana
Christl Mardayn
Karin Hardt
| music = Georg Haentzschel
| cinematography = István Eiben
| editing = Wolfgang Becker
| studio = Pictura-Film
Hunnia Filmgyár
| distributor = Märkische Film
| released = {{Film date|1939|03|30|Hungary|1939|04|14|Germany|df=y}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = Germany
Hungary
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.Waldman p.182 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest.Klaus p.133 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Günther. Separate German and Hungarian-language versions were produced.Rentschler p.273
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
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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
- {{IMDb title|0030438|German version}}
- {{IMDb title|0241026|Hungarian version}}
{{Josef von Báky}}
{{Thea von Harbou}}
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Josef von Báky
Category:Films with screenplays by Thea von Harbou
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1930s Hungarian-language films
Category:Hungarian drama films
Category:Hungarian black-and-white films
Category:Films shot in Budapest
Category:Films scored by Georg Haentzschel
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