And the Puszta Gleams
1933 · 70 min
Drama · Comedy · Music
★ 6.0Set on the Hungarian plains and in romantic Budapest, the film follows Rose Barsony’s spirited dancer-singer and Wolf Albach-Retty’s young noble as they navigate love, song and national pride. When the aristocratic family’s fortunes are threatened by the heir’s prodigality, veteran estate manager Károly Sugár steps in to safeguard the daughter’s inheritance. Against a backdrop of blooded horses, vineyard laborers and patriotic pageantry, the couple’s romance unfolds through musical numbers and colorful travelogue sequences that celebrate Hungary’s landscape and culture.
Crew
- Director Heinz Hille
- Writer Emeric Pressburger
- Director of Photography István Eiben
- Director of Photography Karl Puth
- Director of Photography István Somkúti
Cast
Rosy Barsony
Baroneß Maria Inockay (as Rosi Barsony)
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Károly Sugár
Kaspar Borly, Gutsverwalter (as Károly Sugar)
Wolf Albach-Retty
Peter Borly, Husarenleutnant
Tibor von Halmay
Graf Balassa, Leutnant (as Tibor von Halmay)
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Magda Kun
Magda, Marias Freundin
Heinz Salfner
Baron Inokay
Hansi Arnstaedt
Baronin Inokay
Olga Limburg
Gräfin Balassa
Hans Zesch-Ballot
Thury
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Béla Venczel
General Draskoczy
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Franz Göbels
Untersuchungsrichter
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Emilia Étsy
Frau Perkàl
Crew
- Director — Heinz Hille
- Writer — Emeric Pressburger
- Director of Photography — István Eiben
- Director of Photography — Karl Puth
- Director of Photography — István Somkúti
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