Countess Mariza (1932)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Countess Mariza |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1932 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Oswald |
| script | Fritz Friedmann-Frederich |
| production | Richard Oswald Gabriel Pascal |
| music | Emmerich Kálmán |
| camera | Heinrich Gärtner |
| cut |
Friedel Buckow Max Brenner |
| occupation | |
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Countess Mariza is an early German sound film operetta based on melodies by Emmerich Kálmán , which Richard Oswald directed in 1932 with the actors Dorothea Wieck and Hubert Marischka .
action
Countess Mariza owns a rather run-down Hungarian estate, but lives mostly in the city. Your estate manager is the impoverished Count Wittemburg, who does his job here under the name Bela Török and has never met his own boss. From Baron Liebenberg, an ardent admirer of the Countess, Török learns that Mariza has announced her return soon. She wants to be engaged to her future husband, a certain Koloman Szupan, here. What nobody knows: Szupan invented Mariza to keep another admirer, the stubborn Prince Popoff, at a distance. However, she must not upset him completely, because Popoff is her greatest believer. Lisa Török, the estate manager's sister, travels at Mariza's side, but she doesn't know anything about the brother's employment on the estate.
Countess Mariza arrives at her estate, and the employees waiting for her there are very astonished that she has not brought her future fiancé with her. To her astonishment, however, a Koloman Szupan can be registered for the evening dinner - the man actually does exist! This heavily indebted gentleman had read about the engagement announcement in the newspaper and is now hoping to get a good financial result with the countess.
Countess Mariza and her estate manager get on very well from the beginning, but jealousy rises in the aristocracy when she sees Török talking to her young friend Lisa. How can she know that Lisa is Török's sister, because Török had ordered Lisa not to talk about the relationship between them. Mariza now assumes that Török's interest in her was only hypocritical and that he, like this Mr. Szupan, was only interested in her property. Török feels deeply misunderstood and, hurt as he is, wants to leave the estate immediately. Lisa then intervenes and informs the countess about the relationship between them. So there is first a reconciliation and then a double engagement, because in addition to Count Wittemburg alias Török and Countess Mariza, the hearts of Lisa Wittemburg and the ominous Koloman Szupan have found each other.
Production notes
Countess Mariza was created between June 23 and August 29, 1932 in the UFA ateliers in Berlin-Tempelhof and was premiered on September 15, 1932 in Leipzig. The Berlin premiere took place five days later in the Titania Palace and in the Primus Palace. The film opened in Austria on October 26, 1932. The third act of the film was broadcast by the Viennese radio station at the Vienna premiere.
Artur Guttmann took over the musical direction. The lyrics were written by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald . The film structures were designed by Franz Schroedter , Fritz Seeger provided the sound, and Walter Zeiske was in charge of the recording .
music
The following music tracks were played:
- You have heaven and happiness in your eyes
- Say hello to the sweet, lovely women
- Come with me to Varasdin
- Come on, Zigany
- Who came up with you, you sweet women?
These titles were published by W. Karczag-Musikverlag in Vienna
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: “… primitive dramaturgy, insufficient management of the ensemble. Wieck is a representative but colorless Mariza, Marischka a lovable tenor, but not mimed enough, Szakall booked the main success in a supporting role. Clean presentation, mood-enhancing exterior shots. "
"In addition to the» gracefully beautiful «Dorothea Wieck and» Oswald's latest film discovery «Hubert Marischka, the» appropriate reproduction «of Kálmán's music was (and is) the» main success factor «that the film has always achieved with audiences."
Web links
- Countess Maritza in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Countess Mariza at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich J. Klaus: Deutsche Tonfilme 3rd year 1932. P. 88, Berlin-Berchtesgaden 1990
- ↑ Countess Mariza in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from July 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
