''Spring Parade'' (, ) is a 1934

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directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring

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, Franciska Gaal, and Wolf Albach-Retty. The film was made by the German subsidiary of

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to whom Gaal was under contract. However the rise of the

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to power meant that Gaal and several other Jewish figures involved with the film had to work in Budapest and Vienna. The film's sets were designed by

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Emil Hasler. In 1940 the film was remade in

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as '' Spring Parade''. The screenwriter

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and producer

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worked on both films.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Screening Transcendence: Film Under Austrofascism and the Hollywood Hope, 1933-1938''. Indiana University Press, 2018

External links

* Hungarian comedy films 1930s historical comedy films Films directed by Géza von Bolváry Films produced by Joe Pasternak Films set in the 1890s Films set in Vienna Hungarian black-and-white films Austrian black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1934 comedy films Films scored by Robert Stolz German historical comedy films Austrian historical comedy films 1930s German films 1930s German-language films {{1930s-Austria-film-stub