Frasquita
1934 · 84 min · ★ 6.3 · Music, Romance
Czechoslovakian opera star Jarmila Novotná plays the title role in the Austrian tunefest "Frasquita". Based on a Franz Lehár operetta, the story is the usual frothy nonsense. Dolly (Charlott Daudert) is engaged to marry Harald (Hans Heinz-Bollmann), but she's really in love with Hippolit (Heinz Rühmann). Harald is likewise enamored of another, namely Frasquita (Jarmila Novotná).
Directed by Karel Lamač · Written by Georg C. Klaren
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Jarmila Novotná Frasquita -
Hans Heinz Bollmann Harald -
Heinz Rühmann Hippolit -
Charlott Daudert Dolly -
Rudolf Carl Karel -
Hans Moser Jaromir -
Max Gülstorff Graf Elemer -
Franz Schafheitlin Juan -
Franz Lehár Dirigent - O Otto Schmöle
- R Robert Valberg
- G Gretl Wawra
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