The Gallant Hussar

{{Short description|1928 German-British romance film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Gallant Hussar | image = The Gallant Hussar.jpg | caption = | director = [[Géza von Bolváry]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Hermann Fellner (producer)|Hermann Fellner]]|[[Josef Somlo]]}} | writer = {{ubl|[[Arthur Bárdos]]|[[Margarete-Maria Langen]]}} | starring = {{ubl|[[Ivor Novello]]|[[Evelyn Holt]]|[[Hilde Hildebrand]]|[[Paul Hörbiger]]}} | music = | cinematography = [[Eduard Hoesch]] | editing = | studio = {{ubl|[[Gainsborough Pictures]]|[[Felsom-Film]]}} | distributor = {{ubl|[[Woolf & Freedman Film Service]]|[[Deutsche Fox]]}} | released = {{film date|1928|9}} | runtime = 6,666 feet{{sfn|Low|p=370}} | country = {{ubl|Germany|United Kingdom}} | language = {{ubl|Silent|English/German [[intertitles]]}} | budget = }} '''''The Gallant Hussar''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der fesche Husar'''}}) is a 1928 [[Cinema of Germany|German]]-[[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[romance film]] directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]] and starring [[Ivor Novello]], [[Evelyn Holt]], and [[Paul Hörbiger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/206265|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114061727/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/206265|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2009|title=Der FESCHE HUSAR (1928)|website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|accessdate=30 September 2017}}</ref> It was based on a story by the Hungarian writer [[Arthur Bárdos]] and [[Margarete-Maria Langen]].

The film was a [[co-production (filmmaking)|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.{{sfn|Bergfelder|Cargnelli|p=42}} It is also known under the [[alternative title]] '''''The Bold Dragoon'''''. It is now considered a [[lost film]].{{sfn|Williams|pp=167–168}}

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: A Story of the London Fog|The Lodger]]'', but from now on played more well-balanced romantic figures.{{sfn|Williams|p=6}}

==Synopsis== The daughter of an American millionaire falls in love with a Hungarian [[hussar]] officer during a visit to the [[Austrian Empire]].

==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[Ivor Novello]] as Lieutenant Stephen Alrik * [[Evelyn Holt]] as Mary Wentworth * [[Paul Hörbiger]] as Baron von Korporetzky * [[Paul Otto]] as Oberst von Stromm * [[Hilde Hildebrand]] as Vilma von Noszty * [[Ernő Verebes]] as Bubenyik * [[Ibolya Szekely]] as Katy * [[Gyula Szőreghy]] as Herr Ocks * [[Fritz Alberti]] as Michael Toth * [[Franz Paray]] as Paul von Noszty * [[Elisabeth Pinajeff]] as Rosie Velkovicz }}

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==Bibliography== * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Bergfelder|Cargnelli}} | editor-last1 = Bergfelder | editor-first1 = Tim | editor-last2 = Cargnelli | editor-first2 = Christian | title = Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950 | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2008 | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-85745-019-7 }} * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Low}} | last = Low | first = Rachael | author-link = Rachael Low | title = The History of British Film | volume = IV, 1918–1929 | publisher = Routledge | year = 1997 | orig-year = 1971 | location = Hoboken, NJ | isbn = 978-1-136-20634-4 }} * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Slattery-Christy}} | last = Slattery-Christy | first = David | title = In Search of Ruritania: Ivor Novello | publisher = AuthorHouse | year = 2008 | location = Milton Keynes | isbn = 978-1-5403-9082-0 }} * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Williams}} | last = Williams | first = Michael | title = Ivor Novello: Screen Idol | publisher = British Film Institute | year = 2003 | location = London | isbn = 978-0-85170-982-6 }}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0018884}}

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