Spring Parade - 1934

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.

93min
1934
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.5/10

Cast

Paul Hörbiger profile picturePaul HörbigerKaiser Franz Joseph
Wolf Albach-Retty profile pictureWolf Albach-RettyWilhelm August Jurek
Theo Lingen profile pictureTheo LingenBaron Zorndorf
Adele Sandrock profile pictureAdele SandrockGräfin Burgstätten
Annie Rosar profile pictureAnnie RosarFrau Taschlmeier
Anton Pointner profile pictureAnton PointnerHauptmann Weber
Tibor von Halmay profile pictureTibor von HalmayKorporal Stadler
Fritz Imhoff profile pictureFritz ImhoffFeldwebel Mittermeier
Hans Moser profile pictureHans MoserFriseur Swoboda
Richard Eybner profile pictureRichard EybnerEin Komiteeherr
Alfred Neugebauer profile pictureAlfred NeugebauerKammerdiener Zimmerl

About Spring Parade

Spring Parade Overview

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.

Runtime: 93min

Extra details

Original Title: Frühjahrsparade
Original Language: English
Directed By: Géza von Bolváry