''Maria Ilona'' is a 1939 German

historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Géza von Bolváry Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, ; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria. Biography Géza von Bolváry was born i ...

and starring Paula Wessely,

Willy Birgel Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a Germans, German theatre and film actor. Career Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to mo ...

, and

Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrians, Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the ...

. The film is set in Austria during the reign of Ferdinand I. It is an adaptation of Oswald Richter-Tersik's novel ''Ilona Beck''.

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* 1939 films German historical drama films 1930s historical drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Films set in Vienna Films set in Hungary Films set in the 1840s Films set in the 1850s Films of Nazi Germany Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1939 drama films 1930s German films Films scored by Alois Melichar German-language historical drama films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub