And the Puszta Gleams

Overview

Set on the Hungarian plains and in romantic Budapest, the film follows Rose Barsony’s spirited dancer-singer and Wolf Albach-Retty’s young noble as they navigate love, song and national pride. When the aristocratic family’s fortunes are threatened by the heir’s prodigality, veteran estate manager Károly Sugár steps in to safeguard the daughter’s inheritance. Against a backdrop of blooded horses, vineyard laborers and patriotic pageantry, the couple’s romance unfolds through musical numbers and colorful travelogue sequences that celebrate Hungary’s landscape and culture.

Directed by Heinz Hille

Top cast

Rosy Barsony

Baroneß Maria Inockay (as Rosi Barsony)

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Károly Sugár

Kaspar Borly, Gutsverwalter (as Károly Sugar)

Wolf Albach-Retty

Peter Borly, Husarenleutnant

Tibor von Halmay

Graf Balassa, Leutnant (as Tibor von Halmay)

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Magda Kun

Magda, Marias Freundin

Heinz Salfner

Baron Inokay

Hansi Arnstaedt

Baronin Inokay

Olga Limburg

Gräfin Balassa

Hans Zesch-Ballot

Thury

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Béla Venczel

General Draskoczy

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Franz Göbels

Untersuchungsrichter

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Emilia Étsy

Frau Perkàl

Tivadar Bilicsi

1. Weinreisender

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Hugó Déri

2. Weinreisender

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Karl Bischof

I

Isabella von Papen

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