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Menschen vom Varieté

Ungarn Deutschland 1938/1939 Spielfilm

Friendship, love and jealousy among the stars of a vaudeville show: Sharpshooter Jack Carey fires his assistant Sylvia, who years ago left her husband, the magician Keats, because she fell in love with Carey. Keats himself has just returned as the new star of the show, but he′s never gotten over the separation from Sylvia.. And then there′s young dancer Gloria, who in turn has a crush on Carey. However, these romantic entanglements shortly seem to take a backseat, when the rehearsal of Carey′s new gun trick ends in a horrible accident. Or was it attempted murder?

 

Credits

Director

  • Josef von Baky

Screenplay

  • Erich Willke
  • Thea von Harbou

Director of photography

  • Stefan Eiben

Editing

  • Wolfgang Becker

Music

  • Georg Haentzschel

Cast

  • Attila Hörbiger
    Jack Carey, Kunstschütze
  • La Jana
    Silvia Castellani, Tänzerin, seine Partnerin
  • Jack Trevor
    Jeffrey Keats, Zauberkünstler, ihr früherer Mann
  • Christl Mardayn
    Alice McLean, Kapitän der McLean-Sisters
  • Karin Hardt
    Gloria, ihre Tochter
  • Edith Oss
    Ruby, ihre Tochter
  • Hans Holt
    Freddy Sanz, Musikclown
  • Hans Moser
    Miller, Inspizient
  • Else Ehser
    Emilie Schmitz, Silvias Garderobiere, seine Frau
  • Victor Janson
    Varietédirektor

Production company

  • Hunnia-Pictura-Film GmbH (Budapest/Wien/Berlin)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Josef von Baky

Assistant director

  • Wolfgang Becker

Screenplay

  • Erich Willke
  • Thea von Harbou

Director of photography

  • Stefan Eiben

Still photography

  • Hans Manninger

Production design

  • Robert A. Dietrich
  • Artur Günther

Editing

  • Wolfgang Becker

Sound

  • Franz Lohr

Music

  • Georg Haentzschel

Conductor

  • Georg Haentzschel

Vocals

  • Dodo Delissen (für Christl Mardayn)

Lyrics

  • Hans Fritz Beckmann

Cast

  • Attila Hörbiger
    Jack Carey, Kunstschütze
  • La Jana
    Silvia Castellani, Tänzerin, seine Partnerin
  • Jack Trevor
    Jeffrey Keats, Zauberkünstler, ihr früherer Mann
  • Christl Mardayn
    Alice McLean, Kapitän der McLean-Sisters
  • Karin Hardt
    Gloria, ihre Tochter
  • Edith Oss
    Ruby, ihre Tochter
  • Hans Holt
    Freddy Sanz, Musikclown
  • Hans Moser
    Miller, Inspizient
  • Else Ehser
    Emilie Schmitz, Silvias Garderobiere, seine Frau
  • Victor Janson
    Varietédirektor
  • Willi Schur
    Serna, Dompteur
  • Hans Adalbert Schlettow
    Tom, Careys Gehilfe
  • Terry Carlton
    Steptanz-Paar
  • Tommy Ovary
    Steptanz-Paar
  • Rudolf Klein-Rogge
    Kommissar Wiedemann
  • Fritz Gamberti
    Körting, Requisiteur
  • Eduard von Winterstein
    Theaterarzt
  • Klaus Pohl
    Varietéarzt
  • Julia Serda
    Frau Turner, Inhaberin der Artistenpension
  • Erwin Biegel
    Kellner in der Artistenpension
  • Michael von Newlinski
    Kellner im Restaurant

Production company

  • Hunnia-Pictura-Film GmbH (Budapest/Wien/Berlin)

Unit production manager

  • Heinz Landsmann

Location manager

  • Anton Takats

Original distributor

  • Märkische Film GmbH (Leipzig + Frankfurt am Main)
Duration:
86 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 28.03.1939

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 14.04.1939

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Menschen vom Varieté

Versions

Original

Duration:
86 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 28.03.1939

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 14.04.1939

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