Dreams of Love (German: Liebesträume) is a 1935 historical biographical drama film directed by Heinz Hille and starring Franz Herterich, Walter Steinbeck and Olga Chekhova.[1] [2] It was a co-production between German, Austria and Hungary, and was released as Die Pusztakomtesse in Austria. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest and on location in Tata. The film's sets were designed by the art director Márton Vincze. Hille also directed the separate Hungarian-language version Dream Love with a different cast.
Dreams of Love | |
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Directed by | Heinz Hille |
Written by | Heinz Hille Werner Kortwich |
Starring | Franz Herterich Walter Steinbeck Olga Chekhova |
Cinematography | István Eiben |
Edited by | Viktor Bánky |
Music by | Ernst Erich Buder |
Production company | Attila-Film |
Distributed by | Tassul Film |
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Countries | Austria Germany Hungary |
Language | German |
The film depicts the composer Franz Liszt and takes its name from his 1850 piano work of the same title.
Cast
edit- Franz Herterich as Franz Liszt
- Walter Steinbeck as Graf Duday
- Olga Chekhova as Gräfin Madeleine Duday
- Erika Dannhoff as Komtesse Maria Duday
- Olga Engl as Gräfin Emilie Duday - ihre Großmutter
- Hans Söhnker as Leutnant Baron Koloman von Eötvös
- Aribert Mog as Hans Wendland - Schüler Liszts
- Paul Wagner as Hauptmann von Uslar
- Franz Weber as Baron Pekry
- Paul Henckels as Spiridion - Diener Liszts
- Tibor Halmay as Pali, Diener bei Eötvös
- Karl Platen as Jancsi, Diener bei Duday
References
editBibliography
edit- Raykoff, Ivan. Dreams of Love: Playing the Romantic Pianist. Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Winkel, Roel Vande & Welch, David. Cinema and the Swastika: The International Expansion of Third Reich Cinema. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.
External links
edit- Dreams of Love at IMDb]