And the Plains Are Gleaming

And the Plains Are Gleaming (German: ...und es leuchtet die Puszta) is a 1933 German-Hungarian drama film directed by Heinz Hille and starring Rosy Barsony, Károly Sugar and Wolf Albach-Retty.^[1] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Herbert Lippschitz and Márton Vincze. A separate Hungarian-language version The Old Scoundrel was also made.

And the Plains Are Gleaming
Directed by	Heinz Hille
Written by	Kálmán Mikszáth (novel) Emeric Pressburger
Produced by	Heinz Hille
Starring	Rosy Barsony Károly Sugar Wolf Albach-Retty
Cinematography	István Eiben Karl Puth István Somkúti
Edited by	Erno Hajos
Music by	Erno Buder
Production companies	Hunnia Filmstúdió UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	13 February 1933 (1933-02-13)
Countries	Germany Hungary
Language	German

Cast

• Rosy Barsony as Baroneß Maria Inockay
• Károly Sugar as Kaspar Borly, Gutsverwalter
• Wolf Albach-Retty as Peter Borly, Husarenleutnant
• Tibor Halmay as Graf Balassa, Leutnant
• Magda Kun as Magda, Marias Freundin
• Heinz Salfner as Baron Inokay
• Hansi Arnstaedt as Baronin Inokay
• Olga Limburg as Gräfin Balassa
• Hans Zesch-Ballot as Thury
• Béla Venczel as General Draskoczy
• Franz Göbels as Untersuchungsrichter
• Emilia Étsy as Frau Perkàl
• Tivadar Bilicsi as 1. Weinreisender
• Hugó Déri as 2. Weinreisender
• Karl Bischof
• Isabella von Papen

Production

Heinz Hille directed the film with a script written by Emeric Pressburger. It cost $100,000 to produce.^[2]

References

1. Salwolke p. 322
2. Waldman 2008, p. 46.

Works cited

• Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786438617.

Bibliography

• Salwolke, Scott (1997). The Films of Michael Powell and the Archers. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3183-4.

External links

• And the Plains Are Gleaming at IMDb