This Hungarian musical comedy (English title: Spring Parade) was produced by Joseph Pasternak, who later remade the picture in Hollywood as a Deanna Durbin vehicle. The original 1934 version stars Franciska Gaal as a Hungarian serving girl who heads to Vienna to visit a relative. Stopping over at an outdoor carnival, Gaal is told by a fortune teller that she will enjoy a happy marriage with a handsome and wealthy stranger. Later on, she finds herself at a fancy dress ball, where a good-looking aristocrat, assuming that our heroine is a countess masquerading as a peasant, falls in love with her. Delighted that the fortune-teller's prophecy seems to be coming true, Gaal finds herself in a dilemma when she falls in love with poverty-stricken soldier Wolf Albach Retty. But things turn out OK when Retty, the regimental drummer, composes a hit song which brings him fame and fortune, thereby neatly fulfilling that prophecy.
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Spring Parade Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Paul Hörbiger
He was 40, 86 years old when he died
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as Kaiser Franz Joseph |
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Theo Lingen
He was 31, 75 years old when he died
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as Baron Zorndorf |
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Fritz Imhoff
He was 43, 70 years old when he died
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as Feldwebel Mittermeier |
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Annie Rosar
She was 46, 75 years old when she died
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as Frau Taschlmeier |
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Hans Möser
He was 27, 42 years old when he died
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as Friseur Swoboda |
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Hans Richter
He was 46, 120 years old when he died
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as Fritzi |
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Alfred Gerasch
He was 57, 76 years old when he died
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Adele Sandrock
She was 71, 74 years old when she died
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as Gräfin Burgstätten |
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Piroska Vaszary
She was 33, 64 years old when she died
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as Nanette |
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Wolf Albach-Retty
He was 28, 60 years old when he died
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as Wilhelm August Jurek |
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Anton Pointner
He was 40, 55 years old when he died
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as Hauptmann Weber |
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Tibor Halmay
He was 39, 49 years old when he died
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as Korporal Stadler |
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Franziska Gaal
She was 31, 69 years old when she died
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as Marika |
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Alfred Neugebauer
He was 45, 68 years old when he died
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as Kammerdiener Zimmerl |
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Richard Eybner
He was 38, 90 years old when he died
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as Ein Komiteeherr |
Spring Parade Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Géza von Bolváry as Director. He was 36 (63) years old when He died
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Directing |
