Victoria and Her Hussar (1931 film)

Victoria and Her Hussar (German: Viktoria und ihr Husar) is a 1931 German musical film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Michael Bohnen, Friedel Schuster and Iván Petrovich.^[1] It is an Operetta film based on the operetta Viktoria und ihr Husar by Paul Abraham which was itself inspired by a work by Imre Földes. Two later film versions of the operetta were made in 1954 and 1982.

Victoria and Her Hussar
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Fritz Friedmann-Frederich Imre Földes (operetta) Alfred Grünwald (libretto) Fritz Löhner-Beda (libretto)
Produced by	Richard Oswald
Starring	Michael Bohnen Friedel Schuster Iván Petrovich
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Else Baum
Music by	Paul Abraham
Production company	Aafa-Film
Distributed by	Aafa-Film
Release date	12 October 1931 (1931-10-12)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

Synopsis

A Hungarian countess believes that her husband, a hussar officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, has been killed in the First World War. She becomes engaged to an American diplomat, only for her first husband to turn up still alive.

Cast

• Michael Bohnen as John Cunlight, amerikanischer Gesandter
• Friedel Schuster as Viktoria, Johns Frau
• Iván Petrovich as Stefan Koltay, Husaren-Rittmeister
• Willy Stettner as Graf Ferry, Viktorias Bruder
• Else Elster as O Lia San, Ferrys Braut
• Gretl Theimer as Riquette, Kammerzofe Viktorias
• Ernő Verebes as Jancyi, Koltays Bursche
• Julius Falkenstein as L. kosak
• Gyula Szőreghy as 2. Kosak
• Charles Willy Kayser as Taylor
• Eugen Neufeld as General
• Adolf E. Licho as Birinski
• Ernst Pittschau as Sekretär
• Carl Jöken as Sänger
• Friedl Weiss as Tänzerin