Willy Fritsch in "Melodie des Herzens" (1929)

One of the first spoken movies in German cinema and actually the first spoken movie of the famous German UFA. It premiered in December 1929 starring those days teenage idol Willy Fritsch and Dita Parlo. Produced in several versions (German, English, French, Hungarian, silent) it became a worldwide success. Director of the original movie was Hanns Schwarz. The song "Bin kein Hauptmann, bin kein großes Tier" which is featured throughout the whole original movie was composed by Paul Abraham and performed by Willy Fritsch. It became a big hit at that time as well.

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[mikemcgee]

was this u f a 's first talky? and was i the sound recorded on disk? so that early triergon sound system until 1930?s was vitaphone? I can guess that many german theaters might have used the disk process until may be by 32

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

Dita Parlo & the rest of this cast were great.

It's a true classic. Great post. ;)

[scandowegianpean]

Willy Fritsch is dreamy!! Thanks so much for posting this :))

[stewartgas]

A very catchy tune.  This is great!!