Tibor von Halmay

Orient Express (1944)

The emergency braking of the Orient Express causes chaos. When the lights are switched back on, lawyer Branko is found murdered in his compartment. The Rarna Criminal Investigation Department starts investigating immediately. There are several suspects: Ba ...

Carnival of Love (1943)

Tenor Peter Hansen is about to marry for the second time. Just minutes before his wedding to dancer and singer Kitty, he's still busy rehearsing for a new revue directed by Melchior Oberländer. Kitty's uncle Meierhofer, a prompter at the theater, is urgin ...

Mask in Blue (1943)

Gifted amateur dancer gets her big break on the Berlin Stage in this wartime romantic comedy. ...

Kata, the Shrew (1943)

Kata Juhász is the shrew in this updating of Shakespeare's play. Kata's wedding is scheduled but her groom deserts her over her whims. In order to prevent the guests from being disappointed, she hires a tramp from the banks of the Danube to play the role ...

Nemes Rózsa (1943)

One Fool Makes a Hundred (1942)

Dömötör, a headwaiter, and Rudi, his friend, a conductor, are dismissed. Later, they return as guests. Dömötör is seen sporting a false beard, now the spitting image of count Rod-Igor Su-Arezew, the world-famous lion-hunter. ...

Családunk szégyene (1942)

So gefällst Du mir (1941)

There's excitement in St. Johann, when the lawyer and notary Dr. Junhnickel from Vienna arrives and brings an offer from a mysterious Brazillian: On the cover of a magazine is a young girl, obviously from the country, and in the background is the village ...

Donauschiffer (1940)

The Hungarian noble Nikki von Kormendy is traveling incognito as a blind passenger on the Danube ferry "Fortuna". Captain Korngiebel keeps him busy with various tasks. When the young singer Anny Hofer comes on board, both men fall in love with her and co ...

Frau nach Maß (1940)

A young actress in love ensnares the director she admires by successfully playing the role of his ideal woman—the homemaker. ...

Hotel Sacher (1939)

Vienna is celebrating New Year's Eve 1913/14. It is the year, which will see the outbreak of the First World War. In Hotel Sacher, the mood is excellent; and although the political atmosphere is charged, there's an undercurrent of hate and intolerance in ...

Rote Rosen - Blaue Adria (1938)

Ihr Leibhusar (1938)

An easy-going hussar officer successfully vies for the love of a millionaire's daughter. ...

Young Noszty and Mary Toth (1938)

Another winner from Hungarian director Ivan Szekely (aka S.K. Seeley and Steve Sekely), A Nosty fiu Esete Toth Marival was released in English-speaking regions as I Married for Love. Feri Noszty (Paul Javor) is a handsome but irresponsible Hussar officer w ...

Roxy und ihr Wunderteam (1938)

In 1936, Hungary's championship team, escorted by their captain, Count Szirmay, retreats to a lakeside villa after a triumphant win in London, only to discover that a runaway English bride, Gingi Cheswick, has stowed away among them. Tasked with returning ...

Unentschuldigte Stunde (1937)

When the schoolgirl Kate defends her friend, she is expelled from school. To conceal the incident from her parents, she positions herself ill. Promptly she falls in love with the treating doctor who cures her sudden illness not only, but marries his patien ...

Sister Maria (1937)

The title character in Maria Nover (Sister Maria) is played by Eva Szorenyi. A convent-bred lass on the verge of taking her final vows, Maria falls in love with a handsome artist, portrayed by popular operatic baritone Sandor Sved. Due to a silly misunders ...

Where the Lark Sings (1936)

Country girl Margit sits for the artist Sándor, from Budapest. She is fascinated and charmed by him, and agrees to accompany him to the capital, so he can complete the painting there. Disillusionment sets in, however, when Sándor wins a prize with the fi ...

Shadows of the Past (1936)

After serving a prison sentence for no fault of her own, café violinist Helene seeks out her twin sister Betty, a famous revue star in Vienna engaged to a public prosecutor. During a sailing trip, Betty accidentally drowns. Helene, at first involuntarily, ...

Donaumelodien (1936)

Stefan is the son of the owner of a Bavarian steamship concern, which plies the Danube. During a trip to Budapest, he falls in love with the beautiful Etelka, who, unbeknownst to Stefan, is the daughter of his father's Hungarian competitor. By chance, they ...

Rendezvous in Wien (1936)

Gusti Aigner and Franz Lenhardt are in love, but composer Lenhardt is too shy and bashful to go out and sell his compositions to music publishers. Gusti takes the burden on herself; and while there are complications and humorous situations she runs into. ...

Csardas: Her Wildest Night (1935)

When their relatives from the countryside miss the train to their wedding anniversary, Lawyer Dr. Helwing and his wife Dolly decide to go out together. Meanwhile, infamous burglar "Monokel-Fredy" enters the Helwing villa with some of his cronies, only to f ...

Dreams of Love (1935)

The film depicts the composer Franz Liszt and takes its name from his 1850 piano work of the same title. ...

Four and a Half Musketeers (1935)

A Hungarian-Austrian comedy and one of the last emigrant films made in Austria before the industry submitted to pressure from Nazi Germany and ceased to employ Jewish filmmakers. ...

Ende schlecht, alles gut (1934)

The sons of small town store owner Anton Polgar have abandoned him for the big city, until financial problems there lead him to rescue them and bring them back. ...

Der letzte Walzer (1934)

Film by Jacoby. ...

Salto in die Seligkeit (1934)

An unemployed artist must choose between a flower seller and a Hungarian dancer and defend himself against suspicion of shoplifting. ...

Frühjahrsparade (1934)

This Hungarian musical comedy (English title: Spring Parade) was produced by Joseph Pasternak, who later remade the picture in Hollywood as a Deanna Durbin vehicle. The original 1934 version stars Franciska Gaal as a Hungarian serving girl who heads to Vie ...

Csibi, der Fratz (1934)

Showstar Csibi's mother Maria has a new suitor. In order to make Maria appear younger Csibi poses as a young brat which backfires when she meets the suitor's gorgeous brother and flirts with him while he treats her like a little child. ...

Rakoczi March (1933)

Hungary, 1925. A young lieutenant of the Hungarian army Fröhlich falls in love with his captain's sister, Vilma Horn. While his superior agrees to the marriage, the girl's father has other plans, as the family estate is essentially bankrupt and can only b ...

Rakoczi March (1933)

Young Hussar captain falls in love-at-first-sight with classy young blonde, who turns out to be the sister of his captain. ...

And the Puszta Gleams (1933)

Set on the Hungarian plains and in romantic Budapest, the film follows Rose Barsony's spirited dancer-singer and Wolf Albach-Retty's young noble as they navigate love, song and national pride. When the aristocratic family's fortunes are threatened by the h ...

Her Majesty Love (1933)

Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated fa ...

The Old Scoundrel (1932)

The carefree squandering of Baron Inokay's wealth, the steward Gáspár Borly - who is called "the old scoundrel" behind his back - is rumored to have been stealing from the Baron's family for years and has amassed a large fortune. Baroness Mária Inokay, ...

Love in Uniform (1932)

On the eve of the Great War, a cavalry captain who despises the opposite sex falls in love with a wealthy young lady. ...

Ein Prinz verliebt sich (1932)

A musical-comedy by Conrad Wiene ...

A Song, A Kiss, A Girl (1932)

Peter Franke owns Supraphon record company, which has one main competitor in Lyraphon. As a commercial strategy Peter gets engaged to her counter partner Asta, to his assistant Münzer's approval. Then he meets Wally Sommer, singing saleswoman at one of hi ...

Gitta Discovers Her Heart (1932)

In a small Hungarian village, a priest discovers a girl named Gitta who can sing beautifully. He takes Gitta with him and turns her into a celebrated revue star. After a quarrel with the priest, she runs away and meets a young composer named Peter, who doe ...

Two Hearts Beat as One (1932)

The Naked Truth (1932)

Love's Command (1931)

During the Austro Hungarian empire, a girl substitutes for her brother in a military academy. ...

The Wrong Husband (1931)

The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)

A dance teacher helps his ten well-bred student sisters when they leave home as a protest against their father's intended wedding. They form a café group called Die lustigen Weiber aus Wien (The merry Viennese girls). ...

The girl and the boy (1931)

The forest girl (1931)