Scandal in Budapest
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Scandal in Budapest |
| Country of production |
Germany Hungary |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1933 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Istvan Szekely Géza from Bolváry (only artistic direction) |
| script | Karl Noti |
| production | Joe Pasternak |
| music | Nicholas Brodszky |
| camera | István Eiben |
| occupation | |
and Hermann Blaß , Egon Brosig , Olga Engl , Sándor Góth , Hans Reimann , Else Reval , Lotte Stein | |
Scandal in Budapest is a German-Hungarian love comedy from 1933 by Istvan Szekely and Géza von Bolváry with Franziska Gáal and Paul Hörbiger in the leading roles. The story is based on a play by Alexander Faragó and Aladar Laszlo .
action
Eva Balogh, daughter of a Hungarian landowner, is going to Budapest for the wedding of her best friend Tini. Once there, Tini is devastated because there has just been a violent argument between her and her future husband. The reason: Your fiancé, a little shy of marriage, wanted to postpone the wedding, as he had several times before. Eva is deeply indignant and takes action to properly wash the head of the marriage-phobic not-yet-husband. A telephone conversation with the fugitive does not bring the desired result, and so Eva wants to confront Tini's loved one face to face. When she thinks he is in a fancy hotel in front of her, the young man claims not to know Tini at all! That's too much for Eva, and in the middle of the hotel lobby she knocks him down in front of numerous witnesses. Now it exists: the eponymous scandal in Budapest!
A little later, Eva Balogh realizes that she slapped the wrong guy and that the man with the slapstick is completely different, namely the famous pianist Paul Murray. Eva is determined to apologize to him and visit him for this purpose. But the slap in the face also triggered something in Murray: because he is not entirely dissimilar to the unwilling man and has already promised marriage to at least one lady - he can't remember exactly - who also reminds him of Eva. After that he ran away. When Eva meets Paul again, she finds a repentant sinner and at the same time a man who could be of personal interest to her. But before the two of them can lie in each other's arms, there are still some turbulent entanglements and Paul catches Eva the second slap in the face, which this time was actually intended for him.
Production notes
Scandal in Budapest arose between July and August 1933 in the Hunnia studios in Budapest (interior shots) and in the Hungarian capital (exterior shots) itself. The film premiered on November 3, 1933 in Berlin.
A Hungarian-language version of the film called Pesti Szerelem was also produced with some other actors. Gaal and the Hungarian speaking Hörbiger by birth also took on the main roles here. This version had its world premiere in October 1933.
Ernst Neubach wrote the lyrics to Nicholas Brodszky's composition under his pseudonym Konrad Drey. The film included the fox trot “Everybody Does Something Stupid” and the slow waltz “I made this song up for you”.
- I thought up this song for you (words: Konrad Drey, music: Nikolaus Brodszky) Slow waltz from the Hunnia-Universal sound film “Scandal in Budapest”. Parlophone dance orchestra with singing: Luigi Bernauer . Parlophone B. 49 182-I (mx.Bi 1572)
- I thought up this song for you, Engl. Waltz (Brodszky-Drey) for the sound film "Scandal in Budapest". Chapel Eugen Jahn, vocals: Ernst Harten . Brillant Special No. 96 (mx. 195)
- I thought up this song for you, Engl. Waltz (Brodsky - Drey) for the sound film "Scandal in Budapest". Egon Kaiser Dance Orchestra with refrain singing. Gramophone 10 111 B (mx. 5642 BD-8)
and
- Everyone does something stupid (words: Konrad Drey, music: Nikolaus Brodszky) Slow Foxtrot ad Hunnia-Universal sound film "Scandal in Budapest". Parlophone dance orchestra with singing: Luigi Bernauer . Parlophone B. 49 182-II (mx.Bi 1573)
- Everyone does something stupid, Foxtrot (Brodszky - Drey) ad the sound film "Scandal in Budapest". Chapel Eugen Jahn, vocals: Ernst Harten . Brillant Special No. 96 (mx. 196), apply. Berlin 1933
- Everyone does something stupid. Foxtrot (Brodszky - Drey) ad the sound film "Scandal in Budapest". Egon Kaiser Dance Orchestra with refrain singing. Gramophone 10 111 A (mx. 5641 ½ BD-8)
The scandal in Budapest marked the third film collaboration between Hörbiger and Gaal. Previously, the two Budapest- borns were cast in the first two German films Gaal, Paprika (1932) and Greetings and Kisses - Veronika (1933).
In 1935, the classic Hollywood film I Dance into Your Heart, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, was inspired by Scandal in Budapest , but it is not, contrary to what is often claimed, a remake.
criticism
The Österreichische Film-Zeitung wrote: “A film with the lovable, spirited Franziska Gaal can be sure of its success with the audience. Her original, natural personality also fills the universal film "Scandal in Budapest" with life and humor. "
See also
Web links
- Scandal in Budapest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Scandal in Budapest at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ listen on youtube
- ^ "Scandal in Budapest". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , October 14, 1933, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).