Spring Parade (Frühjahrsparade) 89 years old

This Hungarian musical comedy (English title: Spring Parade) was produced by Joseph Pasternak, who later remade the picture in Hollywood as a Deanna Durbin vehicle. The original 1934 version stars Franciska Gaal as a Hungarian serving girl who heads to Vienna to visit a relative. Stopping over at an outdoor carnival, Gaal is told by a fortune teller that she will enjoy a happy marriage with a handsome and wealthy stranger. Later on, she finds herself at a fancy dress ball, where a good-looking aristocrat, assuming that our heroine is a countess masquerading as a peasant, falls in love with her. Delighted that the fortune-teller's prophecy seems to be coming true, Gaal finds herself in a dilemma when she falls in love with poverty-stricken soldier Wolf Albach Retty. But things turn out OK when Retty, the regimental drummer, composes a hit song which brings him fame and fortune, thereby neatly fulfilling that prophecy.

Credits

Spring Parade Cast

Name Character
Paul Hörbiger He was 40, 86 years old when he died as Kaiser Franz Joseph
Theo Lingen He was 31, 75 years old when he died as Baron Zorndorf
Fritz Imhoff He was 43, 70 years old when he died as Feldwebel Mittermeier
Annie Rosar She was 46, 75 years old when she died as Frau Taschlmeier
Hans Möser He was 27, 42 years old when he died as Friseur Swoboda
Hans Richter He was 46, 120 years old when he died as Fritzi
Alfred Gerasch He was 57, 76 years old when he died
Adele Sandrock She was 71, 74 years old when she died as Gräfin Burgstätten
Piroska Vaszary She was 33, 64 years old when she died as Nanette
Wolf Albach-Retty He was 28, 60 years old when he died as Wilhelm August Jurek
Tibor Halmay He was 39, 49 years old when he died as Korporal Stadler
Franziska Gaal She was 31, 69 years old when she died as Marika
Alfred Neugebauer He was 45, 68 years old when he died as Kammerdiener Zimmerl
Richard Eybner He was 38, 90 years old when he died as Ein Komiteeherr
Anton Pointner He was 40, 55 years old when he died as Hauptmann Weber

Spring Parade Crew

Name Department
Géza von Bolváry as Director. He was 36 (63) years old when He died Directing
Spring Parade (89 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, September 20, 1934
  • Runtime: 93 minutes