Writing

Alfred Grünwald

Born February 16, 1884

Died February 24, 1951 · aged 67

No biography available.

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Countess MarizaCountess Mariza · 1932
Countess Mariza
8.01932
MovieMusicRomance
When Gräfin Mariza visits her country estate it is certainly an event. She gives a party to celebrate her engagement to a certain Koloman Zsupan, who unexpectedly shows up. Her authoritarian ways collide with Török, her manager. Based on Emerich Kálmán operetta.
Gräfin MarizaGräfin Mariza · 1925
Gräfin Mariza
6.51925
MovieComedyRomance
A Hungarian countess, wanting to dissuade unwanted suitors, announces her engagement to a fictional count Zsupán. Things go awry when a count Zsupán shows up, having heard of his engagement in the papers.
Countess MaricaCountess Marica · 2014
Countess Marica
2014
MovieMusic
Count Tasziló Endrődy-Wittenberg, who has stepped on the back of his own family fortune, takes a job as a farmhand on the ancient Decsényiek estate in Transylvania, under the pseudonym Béla Török. Knowing nothing of all this, the mistress of the estate, Marica, arrives home from Vienna, distraught by a love disappointment, to bury herself in the quiet solitude of the countryside. And since she sees every suitor as a dowry hunter, she announces that she has become engaged to a baron named Zsupán Kálmán. The two mentally damaged young people love each other with an unquenchable passion... In the meantime, of course, Zsupán, whom Marica believes to be an invented person, appears. He is a good friend of Tasziló and takes on the disguise for his sake, but in this "costume" he falls in love with his friend's sister, who of course understands nothing of it all.
Just a GigoloJust a Gigolo · 1931
Just a Gigolo
5.31931
MovieRomanceComedy
A playboy pretends to be a paid escort in order to court--and test the moral character of--a young British socialite. Comedy.
The Last WaltzThe Last Waltz · 1927
The Last Waltz
9.01927
MovieRomance
Hoheit tanzt WalzerHoheit tanzt Walzer · 1935
Hoheit tanzt Walzer
9.01935
MovieMusic
The young musician and composer Josef lives with Beethoven's music copyist in Grinzing. In the evenings, he plays for dances in the Prater, often his own melodies, although he doesn't make much effort to spread them, as they're almost all waltzes, a dance not well-regarded in high society because they're too sweaty. When one evening a lively princess—fresh from the convent—mingles incognito with the Prater crowd and falls in love with the dashing conductor Josef, an entire cultural system of values ​​begins to crumble.
The Flower from HawaiiThe Flower from Hawaii · 1992
The Flower from Hawaii
8.01992
MovieFamilyComedy
As a young girl, the exiled princess Laya was forced to leave Hawaii and was raised in France. She discovers that she looks like the Parisian revue star Suzanne Provence and decides to return to her homeland incognito, disguised as Miss Provence. She is accompanied on her journey by the famous clown Jimmy Boy.
Žena, která ví, co chceŽena, která ví, co chce · 1934
Žena, která ví, co chce
9.01934
MovieComedy
Woman concert star seeks to connect with her adult daughter, by her former marriage to a staid industrialist who has kept the two apart since the girl was very small, and receives inadvertent help from the industrialist's just-fired employee who has fallen in love with the girl.

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Countess MaricaCountess Marica · 2014
Countess Marica
2014
MovieMusic
Count Tasziló Endrődy-Wittenberg, who has stepped on the back of his own family fortune, takes a job as a farmhand on the ancient Decsényiek estate in Transylvania, under the pseudonym Béla Török. Knowing nothing of all this, the mistress of the estate, Marica, arrives home from Vienna, distraught by a love disappointment, to bury herself in the quiet solitude of the countryside. And since she sees every suitor as a dowry hunter, she announces that she has become engaged to a baron named Zsupán Kálmán. The two mentally damaged young people love each other with an unquenchable passion... In the meantime, of course, Zsupán, whom Marica believes to be an invented person, appears. He is a good friend of Tasziló and takes on the disguise for his sake, but in this "costume" he falls in love with his friend's sister, who of course understands nothing of it all.

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