''Light Cavalry'' (French: ''Cavalerie légère'') is a 1935 French-German musical film directed by

Werner Hochbaum Werner Hochbaum (7 March 1899, Kiel – 15 April 1946) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director. Selected filmography * '' Brothers'' (1929) * ''Raid in St. Pauli ''Raid in St. Pauli'' (German: ''Razzia in St. Pauli'') is a 1932 G ...

and starring

Mona Goya Mona Goya (25 November 1909 – 8 October 1961) was a Mexican-born French film actress who rose to fame in the 1930s. Selected filmography * '' Madame Récamier'' (1928) * ''Princesse Mandane'' (1928) - Simoun * ''L'Argent'' (1928) * ''Jim Hac ...

Gabriel Gabrio Gabriel Gabrio (born Édouard Gabriel Lelièvre; 13 January 1887 – 31 October 1946) was a French stage and film actor whose career began in cinema in the silent film era of the 1920s and spanned more than two decades. Gabrio is possibly best re ...

and

Constant Rémy Constant Rémy (20 May 1882 – 16 August 1958) was a French film actor.Mosley p.50 He appeared in more than sixty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Atlantis'' (1930) * '' A Star Disappears'' (1932) * '' The Nude Woman'' (1932) ...

.Goble p.293 It is the

French-language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in No ...

version of ''

Light Cavalry Light cavalry comprised lightly armed and armored cavalry troops mounted on fast horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes the warhorses) were heavily armored. The purpose of light cavalry was primarily ...

'', part of a trend during the 1930s to make

Multiple-language version A multiple-language version film, often abbreviated to MLV, is a film, especially from the early talkie era, produced in several different languages for international markets. To offset the marketing restrictions of making sound films in only one ...

s of productions. Like the German original, it uses music from the operetta ''

''.

Cast

as Rosika *

as Chérubini *

as Flip * Jean-Louis Allibert as Géza von Rakos *

Ernest Ferny Ernest Ferny (1886–1939) was a Swiss film actor.Goble p.411 Selected filmography * ''Tarakanova'' (1930) * ''Moscow Nights'' (1934) * ''The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934) * ''Light Cavalry'' (1935) * ''Taras Bulba'' (1936) * ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) ...

as Palato *

Line Noro Line Noro (22 February 1900 – 4 November 1985) was a French stage and film actress.Hayward p.172 During the 1930s she played glamorous, often exotic, women in films such as '' Pépé le Moko''. Between 1945 and 1966 Noro was a member of the C ...

as Mme. Palato *

Marcel Vallée Marcel Vallée (15 January 1880, in Paris – 31 October 1957, in Fontaine-le-Port) was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906. He appeared in some American films. Selected filmography * '' M ...

as Franconi *

Raoul Marco Raoul Marco (22 November 1892 – 3 April 1971) was a French film actor.Phillips p.215 Partial filmography * ''Bric à Brac et compagnie'' (1931) - Monsieur Verly * ''Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier'' (1933) - Le premier créancier * '' The Red Ro ...

as Pietro *

Myno Burney Myno Burney (1907–1996) was a Swiss film actress.Goble p.478 Partial filmography * '' The Callbox Mystery'' (1932) - Paul Grayle * ''The New Hotel'' (1932) * ''Le petit écart'' (1932) * ''La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) * ''Le client du numé ...

as Catella *

Fernand Fabre Fernand Fabre (1899–1987) was a French stage, television and film actor.Goble p.49 Selected filmography * '' The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * '' The Indictment'' (1931) * '' Luck'' (1931) * '' The Weaker Sex'' (1933) * '' Madame Bovary'' (193 ...

as Coloman

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1935 films German musical films French musical films 1935 musical films Operetta films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Werner Hochbaum Films set in Italy Films set in Hungary Circus films French multilingual films French black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1935 multilingual films 1930s French films 1930s German films {{musical-film-stub