Frasquita

The ideal Austrian film directed by the Czech Karel Lamač and starring Jarmila Novotná. :) Today it is respected mainly as part of Heinz Rühmann's early filmography and also as a recording of Franz Lehár conducting. In fact, it's a pleasant variation on Eliza Doolittle, who this time becomes Frasquita the gypsy and, having been "discovered," becomes a star of the stage. If she has Novotná's voice and looks, nothing’s impossible. We also have the endearing Lamač romance between Rühmann and Daudert, to whom Lamač at least gave a hairstyle in the style of Anny Ondra (from Kiki) when she was no longer up to the acting standards of her director's first star. (14/02/2009)