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Melody of the Heart
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Wikipedia article
'Melody of the Heart' is a 1929 German musical film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Dita Parlo, Willy Fritsch and Ger Mly.
The film was the first successful sound film produced by the German major studio Universum Film AG (Ufa) and was credited with establishing the popularity of the operetta film. It was shot in Hungary. Initially the film was intended to be silent, but halfway through production its producer Erich Pommer was ordered by his superiors to convert it into a sound film.Hardt p. 129
Ufa had recently made a deal with the Klangfilm syndicate (consisting of Siemens & Halske, AEG, and Polyphon-Werke AG (who sold Polydor records) to license the Tri-Ergon sound film system, under the name 'Ufa-Klang'.Gomery, p. 54Ford, p. 261 A previous attempt in 1925 by Ufa to use an earlier version of the same system, at the time owned by Klangfilm's former competitor, Tobis, had ended in failure.Ford, p. 217Kreimeier, pp. 102, 178
The film premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin on 16 December 1929.Hardt p. 238 It was released in four different languages: German, English, French and Hungarian.Rogowski 237 Such multiple-language versions, which had been pioneered by British International Pictures, were popular in Europe until dubbing became more widespread.
Cast
* Dita Parlo as Julia Balog
* Willy Fritsch as Jnos Garas
* Ger Mly as Vater Garas
* Marcsa Simon as Mutter Garas
* Jnos Krmendy as Vater Kovcs
* Juliska Ligeti as Mutter Kovcs
* Anni Mewes as Anna Kovcs
* Tomy Endrey as Der kleine Kovcs
* Ilka Grning as Frulein Czibulka
* Lszl Dezsffy as Zugfhrer Benzel
References
Bibliography
* Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. 'The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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* Hardt, Ursula. 'From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars'. Berghahn Books, 1996.
* Kreimeier, Klaus. 'The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945'. University of California Press, 1999.
* Rogowski, Christian. 'The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy'. Camden House, 2010.
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