Frasquita

Frasquita

84 mins | Romance | Aug. 9, 1934

Czechoslovakian opera star Jarmila Novotna plays the title role in the Austrian tunefest Frasquita. Based on a Franz Lehar operetta, the story is the usual frothy nonsense. Dolly (Charlotte Daudert) is engaged to marry Hyppolit (Heinz Ruhmann), but she's really in love with Harold (Hans Heinz-Bollman). Hyppolit is likewise enamored of another, namely Frasquita (Jarmila Novotna). Alas, Dolly and Hyppolit must go through with the wedding, despite the dictates of their hearts. That there's a happy ending all the same comes as a surprise only to the characters on the screen.

Frasquita

84 mins | Romance | Aug. 9, 1934

Frasquita
Czechoslovakian opera star Jarmila Novotna plays the title role in the Austrian tunefest Frasquita. Based on a Franz Lehar operetta, the story is the usual frothy nonsense. Dolly (Charlotte Daudert) is engaged to marry Hyppolit (Heinz Ruhmann), but she's really in love with Harold (Hans Heinz-Bollman). Hyppolit is likewise enamored of another, namely Frasquita (Jarmila Novotna). Alas, Dolly and Hyppolit must go through with the wedding, despite the dictates of their hearts. That there's a happy ending all the same comes as a surprise only to the characters on the screen.
Producers Atlantis-Film GmbH
Original title Frasquita
Directors Ludwig Ptack, Karel Lamač
Writers Heinz Reichert, Alfred Maria Willner, Georg C. Klaren, Franz Lehár

Cast

Jarmila Novotná

as Frasquita

Heinz Rühmann

as Hippolit

Charlott Daudert

as Dolly

Rudolf Carl

as Karel

Hans Moser

as Jaromir

Max Gülstorff

as Graf Elemer

Franz Lehár

as Dirigent