The Gallant Hussar | |
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Directed by | Géza von Bolváry |
Produced by |
Hermann Fellner Josef Somlo |
Written by |
Arthur Bárdos Margarete-Maria Langen |
Starring |
Ivor Novello Evelyn Holt Hilde Hildebrand Paul Hörbiger |
Cinematography | Eduard Hoesch |
Production
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Distributed by |
Woolf & Freedman Film Service Deutsche Fox |
Release date
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September 1928 |
Running time
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6,666 feet |
Country | German United Kingdom |
Language | Silent English/German intertitles |
The Gallant Hussar (German: Der fesche Husar) is a 1928 German-British romance film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Ivor Novello, Evelyn Holt and Paul Hörbiger. It was based on a story by the Hungarian writer Arthur Bárdos and Margarete-Maria Langen.
The film was a co-production made under an agreement between Gainsborough Pictures and the German studio Felsom-Film and was shot in Berlin. After the passage of the Cinematograph Films Act 1927 by the British Parliament it was classified under the terms of the Act as a foreign film and only received a limited release in Britain. It is also known under the alternative title The Bold Dragoon. It is now considered a lost film.
Along with A South Sea Bubble (1928), the film marked a significant change in the role played by Novello. He had previously appeared as unsettled, outsider figures in films such as The Lodger, but from now on played more well-balanced romantic figures.
The daughter of an American millionaire falls in love with a Hungarian hussar officer during a visit to the Austrian Empire.