Variety (German title: Varieté ) is a 1935 French-German drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Annabella, Hans Albers and Attila Hörbiger.[1] It is based on the 1912 novel The Oath of Stephan Huller by Felix Hollaender. It features a love triangle between three performers of a high wire act.
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| Directed by | Nicolas Farkas |
| Written by | Nicolas Farkas Rolf E. Vanloo |
| Based on | The Oath of Stephan Huller by Felix Hollaender |
| Produced by | Ernst Garden |
| Starring | Annabella Hans Albers Attila Hörbiger |
| Cinematography | Victor Arménise |
| Edited by | Hermann Haller |
| Music by | Hans Carste |
Production companies | Bavaria Film Vandor Film |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film Kiba Kinobetriebsanstalt (Austria) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | France Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. A separate French-language film Variétés was also produced. The following year a British remake Three Maxims was produced by Herbert Wilcox and starred Anna Neagle.
Cast edit
- Annabella as Jeanne
- Hans Albers as Pierre
- Attila Hörbiger as Georges
- Karl Etlinger as Max
- Ernst Rotmund as Varieté-Direktor
- Gerhard Dammann as Varieté-Regisseur
- Gustav Püttjer as Emil
- Else Reval as Frau Thomas
- Arthur Reinhardt as Der Pressechef
- Walter Steinweg as Ein Schneider
- Nicolas Koline as Gänsemann
- Gaston Palmer as Ein Jongleur
References edit
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.8
Bibliography edit
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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