Light Cavalry (film)

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Movie
Original title Light cavalry
Country of production Germany , Hungary
original language German
Publishing year 1935
Rod
Director Werner Hochbaum
script Franz Rauch
production Alfred Zeisler
(production group) for FDF Fabrication German Films GmbH (Berlin)
music Hans-Otto Borgmann
camera Bruno Timm
cut Arnfried Heyne
occupation

Light cavalry is a German song and romance film from 1935 . It is based on the novel “Unterwegs zur Heimat” by Heinz Lorenz-Lambrecht (1888–1965) and has no content-related relationship to the operetta of the same name by Franz von Suppè . Directed by Werner Hochbaum , Marika Rökk and Heinz von Cleve can be seen in the leading roles in her first German film .

action

The film begins with scenes from the Cherubini circus. In the evening the circus people go to a nearby inn that belongs to Rosika's stepfather. She doesn't want to be there for the guests and dance for them, so she leaves the house and seeks shelter with Rux, the circus clown.

Rux has developed a revue number for the circus that revolves around a solo dancer and rider. The director Cherubini likes it, and a female main character is also there: Rosika. She can dance, but she still has to learn to ride. While working with the horses, she meets Geza, who has just been hired as a stable boy. He advertises her, so Rux must fear losing her for his big circus act. So he moves Geza under a pretext to leave the circus. He finds his way through to his brother, and we learn that they are the Hungarian nobles from Raskos. - But now Cherubini has fallen in love with Rosika. But when she rejects him, he throws Rux and Rosika out.

The two artists try in vain to find accommodation at another circus with their new revue number "Leichte Kavallerie". After all, they get an engagement in Budapest. Cherubini and the employees of his circus appear at the premiere, Geza also appears. After the first big performance, Rux speaks with Geza and admits that he downplayed Rosika's affection for him at the time so as not to lose her for his program.

A second big dance scene follows, which ends with thunderous applause. Geza rushes to Rosika, it comes to a happy ending.

To the movie

In terms of content, the film has nothing to do with Suppès operetta of the same name, but quotes its overture at the beginning and at the end.

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