Czardas of Hearts | |
Director: | Sándor Szlatinay |
Producer: | Toni Schelkopf |
Based On: | Servus Peter by Károly Nóti |
Starring: | Wolf Albach-Retty Hannelore Bollmann Dorit Kreysler |
Music: | Willy Mattes |
Cinematography: | Ernst W. Kalinke |
Studio: | Oska-Film |
Distributor: | Siegel Monopolfilm |
Runtime: | 82 minutes |
Country: | West Germany |
Language: | German |
Czardas of Hearts (German: Czardas der Herzen) is a 1951 West German comedy film directed by Sándor Szlatinay and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Hannelore Bollmann and Dorit Kreysler.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. It was based on the play Servus Peter by Károly Nóti[2] and it is also known by this title. An earlier version of the story Hello, Peter! was made by Szlatinay in Hungary in 1939.
In pre-war Budapest the struggling actor Paul is mistaken for his doppelganger Peter, a celebrated film director. Peter wants a break from the public interest and pressures of his job and hires Paul to masquerade as him for several days.