Variety (1935 German film)

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.

Variety
Directed byNicolas Farkas
Written byNicolas Farkas
Rolf E. Vanloo
Based onThe Oath of Stephan Huller by Felix Hollaender
Produced byErnst Garden
StarringAnnabella
Hans Albers
Attila Hörbiger
CinematographyVictor Arménise
Edited byHermann Haller
Music byHans Carste
Production
companies
Bavaria Film
Vandor Film
Distributed byBavaria Film
Kiba Kinobetriebsanstalt (Austria)
Release date
  • 17 September 1935 (1935-09-17)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Germany
LanguageGerman

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.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.8

Bibliography

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