Liliom (1934)
1934 · Feature film · 90 min · dir. Fritz Lang
- Drama
- Fantasy
Synopsis
Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner and by a young, innocent maid. The maid, Julie, loses her job after going out with Liliom; he's fired by his jealous employer for going out with Julie. The two lovers move in with Julie's aunt; unemployment emasculates him and a local weasel tempts him with crime. Julie, now wan, is true to Liliom even in his bad…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writer
- Ferenc Molnár
- Composer
- Jean Lenoir
- Cinematography
- Rudolph Maté
- Studio
- Les Productions Fox Europa
- Released
- 1934-05-15
- Running time
- 90 minutes
Cast & crew
Fritz Lang Director
Charles Boyer
Madeleine Ozeray
Robert Arnoux
Roland Toutain
Alexandre Rignault
Henri Richard
Marcel Barencey
Raoul Marco
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Names, from Wikipedia, for searches to find · ShelvingFlooringCeiling · 2025-02-16
It’s good to have “Frank Borzage’s Liliom by Franz Molnar”, screenplay by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. Maybe remembering New Englander Charles Farrell was an influence, conscious or subconscious, on Rodgers and Hammerstein’s choice for change of locale for Carousel. Charles Farrell as Liliom Rose Hobart as Julie Estelle Taylor as Madame Muscat H. B. Warner as Chief Magistrate Lee Tracy as The Buzzard Walter Abel as Carpenter Mildred Van Dorn as Marie Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Hollinger Lillian Elliott as Aunt Hulda Anne Shirley as Louise Bert Roach as Wolf James A. Marcus as Linzman…
★ · Not Fritz Lang · C2Cigars · 2022-03-31
This is the 1930 version directed by Frank Borzage. It is not the 1934 version directed by Fritz Lang.
