Geza von Bolvary Movies
- 1958
This is a German language film in which mistaken identity leads to laughter as musicians pretend to be artists. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1957
Tomi Streiff directs this screwball road movie about a guy, a girl, and a cow. Country bumpkin Ela Thier (Isabella Parkinson) is a librarian journeying off for a new job in a remote German village. A trusting soul, she gets bilked out of all her money by a sleazy con man and is forced to hitchhike. She is lucky enough to be picked up by burly plumber Tim (Oliver Reinhard), who is driving his truck back to his black forest burg. He is set to get hitched in a couple of days -- his wedding gift, the titular bovine, is in the hauling bay -- and he is beginning to have second thoughts. With the appearance of Ela, Tim starts having third and fourth thoughts about his impending nuptials. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- 1955
In this comedy, a father finds himself between a rock and a hard place with his two disparate daughters, both of whom he wants to marry off. Unfortunately, he must ensure that his eldest daughter is married first -- and she is as plain as a mudhen while her younger sibling is gorgeous and surrounded by adoring suitors. He must find a way to make both girls happy without losing his mind. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1948
Though made in Germany, this film version of Johann Strauss' comic opera Die Fledermaus was distributed in the U.S. by the Russian firm of Artkino. Such full-throated singing personalities as Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters, Willi Dohm and Haus Brauseweiter go through the time-honored paces of the opera's libretto, wherein an upper-class Viennese gentleman simultaneously tries to avoid arrest and to prove his wife's fidelity. Because of running-time restrictions, the audience is denied the pleasure of the original opera's third-act highlight, wherein the participants are invited to sing their favorite operatic arias, whether written by Strauss or not. Happily, the lengthy, largely ad-libbed scene with Frosch the jailer remains intact, with Willi Fritsch bringing down the house as the bibulous Frosch. The Afgacolor process is cleverly deployed throughout, especially in the scene wherein Rosalind (Marte Harell) dyes her hair a flaming red. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Marte Harell, Johannes Heesters, (more)
- 1938
The title Die Entfuehrung translates as The Abduction, but it's a comedy, so no one gets hurt. Marieleuse Claudine plays Suzanne, an impressionable young miss who frets over her mother Yvonne's (Lola Chlud) clandestine romance with a smarmy lothario. With papa (Walter Janssen) away on business, Suzanne decides to take matters in her own hands. She fakes her own kidnapping, stowing away on the yacht of family friend Gerard Frehl (Gustav Froelich). Though poor Frehl takes his lumps from the Law, it all turns out okay when Suzanne's mom comes to her senses and her dad realizes how neglectful he's been. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gustav Froehlich, Walter Janssen, (more)
