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| Directed by | Géza von Bolváry |
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| Cinematography | Eduard Hoesch |
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Running time | 6,666 feet[1] |
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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.[2] 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.[3] It is also known under the alternative title The Bold Dragoon. It is now considered a lost film.[4]
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.[5]
- ^ Low, p. 370.
- ^ "Der FESCHE HUSAR (1928)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Bergfelder & Cargnelli, p. 42.
- ^ Williams, pp. 167–168.
- ^ Williams, p. 6.