Mártha Eggerth

Acting

Mártha Eggerth

Born April 17, 1912 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Budapest, Hungary)

Died December 26, 2013 · aged 101

No biography available.

Known For

The Csardas PrincessThe Csardas Princess · 1934
The Csardas Princess
9.01934
MovieMusicRomance
Sylva Varescu is an operetta singer performing Kálmán's Die Czardasfürstin through Europe with great success. Before going to Vienna she meets handsome Prinz Weylerstein and they fall in love. Offered a contract for America, she doubts until she finds out that he is already engaged to a countess.
The Charm of La BohèmeThe Charm of La Bohème · 1937
The Charm of La Bohème
8.01937
MovieRomanceMusic
René and his two artist friends lead a meager but careless life in a Parisian small apartment, their main worry being to avoid the housekeeper. Whenever they get some money they call more friends in and celebrate. This is how he meets beautiful but fragile Denise, who wants to be a singer as himself, and they fall in love. Yet when she finds out her real condition she takes a drastic decision which will determine their fates. La Bohème arias, and more.
Once There Was a WaltzOnce There Was a Waltz · 1932
Once There Was a Waltz
8.01932
MovieMusicComedy
Banker Rudi Moebius and his counselor arrive in Wien for an arranged marriage which should solve their financial problems. Only they don't know, but Lucie Weidling is broken too, and in love with Gustl, a musician without the courage to elope. Meanwhile Rudi meets Steffi and falls in love not even knowing her name. He and Lucie become good friends and decide to help each other.
Ihr größter ErfolgIhr größter Erfolg · 1934
Ihr größter Erfolg
7.01934
MovieDrama
Presenting Lily MarsPresenting Lily Mars · 1943
Presenting Lily Mars
6.51943
MovieMusicRomance
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
The Flower of HawaiiThe Flower of Hawaii · 1933
The Flower of Hawaii
5.81933
MovieMusicDrama
An adaptation of the operetta The Flower of Hawaii by Paul Abraham. It is based on the life of the last Queen of Hawaii Liliuokalani.
Modern dowryModern dowry · 1932
Modern dowry
9.01932
MovieComedy
Dan Douglas is a typical Scottish. When his niece Evelyne marries engineer Fred Keller aboard the ship to Scotland, he gives her a pearl necklace as dowry, but it's false. The newlyweds face their differences when the necklace gets lost.
The Court ConcertThe Court Concert · 1936
The Court Concert
5.51936
MovieRomanceComedy
Before he became cult director Douglas Sirk, Detlef Sierck cut his teeth on such lavish European star vehicles as Das Hofkonzert (The Court Concert). Marta Eggerth is cast as Christine, a young singer who aspires to find out who her father was. Her odyssey brings her to the court of a mythical kingdom, where she is romanced by handsome lieutenant Walter (Johannes Heesters). He is warned not to lose his heart to a "commoner," but all turns out all right when King Serenissimus (Otto Tressler) turns out to be Christine's long-lost daddy. Hofkonzert was designed as a comeback for Marta Eggerth, whose star had eclipsed by the mid-1930s.

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Casta divaCasta diva · 1935
Casta diva
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MovieDramaMusic
Martha Eggerth heads the cast of Casta Diva, but the central character is famed Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini, here played by American actor Phillips Holmes. Paying but scant attention the facts, the film concentrates on Bellini's colorful love life. Evidently the film went through several rewriting processes, as witness the curious performances of Donald Calthrop and Arthur Margetson, whose characters do complete about-faces halfway through the story. Amidst so many British accents, Martha Eggerth's Polish intonations seem out of place, but she photographs beautifully and sings quite well. Casta Diva was attractively filmed on location in Naples. Not to be confused with the 1954 remake (by Gallone himself) or to the English language version "The Divine Spark" (also directed by Gallone and starred by Eggerth).

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