Variety (1935 German film)

Variety
Directed by	Nicolas Farkas
Written by	Nicolas Farkas Rolf E. Vanloo
Based on	The Oath of Stephan Huller by Felix Hollaender
Produced by	Ernst Garden
Starring	Annabella Hans Albers Attila Hörbiger
Cinematography	Victor Arménise
Edited by	Hermann Haller
Music by	Hans Carste
Production companies	Bavaria Film Vandor Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film Kiba Kinobetriebsanstalt (Austria)
Release date	17 September 1935 (1935-09-17)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Language	German

Variety (German title: Varieté ) is a 1935 French-German drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Annabella, Hans Albers and Attila Hörbiger.[1] It is based on the 1912 novel The Oath of Stephan Huller by Felix Hollaender. It features a love triangle between three performers of a high wire act.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. A separate French-language film Variétés [fr] was also produced. The following year a British remake Three Maxims was produced by Herbert Wilcox and starred Anna Neagle.

Cast

• Annabella as Jeanne
• Hans Albers as Pierre
• Attila Hörbiger as Georges
• Karl Etlinger as Max
• Ernst Rotmund as Varieté-Direktor
• Gerhard Dammann as Varieté-Regisseur
• Gustav Püttjer as Emil
• Else Reval as Frau Thomas
• Arthur Reinhardt as Der Pressechef
• Walter Steinweg as Ein Schneider
• Nicolas Koline as Gänsemann
• Gaston Palmer as Ein Jongleur

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.8

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Variety at IMDb