Hungarian Rhapsody
Directed by	Hanns Schwarz
Written by	Joe May Hans Székely
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Lil Dagover Willy Fritsch Dita Parlo
Cinematography	Carl Hoffmann
Edited by	Erich Schmidt
Music by	William Frederick Peters Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	5 November 1928
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent Version German Intertitles Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles

Hungarian Rhapsody (German: Ungarische Rhapsodie) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Lil Dagover, Willy Fritsch and Dita Parlo.^[1] It depicts the life of an impoverished Hungarian aristocrat.

It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Southern Hungary. Premiering at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo, it was one of the most popular German films released that year.^[2] In 1929, a sound version was prepared by Paramount Pictures due to the public's apathy to silent films. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. Since the sound version was more widely seen, UFA producer Erich Pommer describe this film as his first "sound film", rather than Melody of the Heart.^[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.

Cast

• Lil Dagover as Camilla
• Willy Fritsch as Franz Leutnant Graf v. Turoczy
• Dita Parlo as Marika
• Fritz Greiner as Gutsverwalter Doczy - ihr Vater
• Gisela Bathory as Frau Doczy - ihre Mutter
• Erich Kaiser-Titz as General Hoffmann
• Leopold Kramer as Baron Barsody
• Andor Heltai as Ein Zigeunerprimas
• Harry Hardt as Oberleutnant Barany
• Osvaldo Valenti as Der Fähnrich
• Paul Hörbiger as Kellner
• Max Wogritsch as Bischof

Music

The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Marika” by Allan Stuart (words) and William Peters (music).